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guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
Fri Aug 23, 2019, 08:52 PM Aug 2019

Trump Promised To Bring Back The Factories, But Manufacturing Shrunk For The First Time In 10 Years

From the article:


U.S. manufacturer growth slowed to the lowest level in almost 10 years in August, the latest sign that the trade war may be exacerbating the economic slowdown.

The U.S. manufacturing PMI (purchasing managers’ index) was 49.9 in August, down from 50.4 in July and below the neutral 50.0 threshold for the first time since September 2009, according to IHS Markit.


To read more:

https://www.politicususa.com/2019/08/22/trump-manufacturing-trade-war.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trump-manufacturing-trade-war

Trump is an incompetent idiot. And when an incompetent idiot attempts to play at being President, bad things will happen.
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Trump Promised To Bring Back The Factories, But Manufacturing Shrunk For The First Time In 10 Years (Original Post) guillaumeb Aug 2019 OP
Your subject line to DNC ears! CrispyQ Aug 2019 #1
Agreed. guillaumeb Aug 2019 #2

CrispyQ

(36,457 posts)
1. Your subject line to DNC ears!
Fri Aug 23, 2019, 09:39 PM
Aug 2019

We should be ready to go with little notice on fab one-liner ads like your subject line! Let's challenge all the right wing narratives, head on!

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
2. Agreed.
Sat Aug 24, 2019, 10:41 AM
Aug 2019

Trump's policies are a disaster. But given his prior record of failure, this should be no surprise.

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