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mahatmakanejeeves

(61,321 posts)
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 03:47 PM Jul 2024

America's post-Covid factory boom is running out of steam

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America’s post-Covid factory boom is running out of steam

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29 Jul 2024, 11:38 AM IST
Bob Tita , The Wall Street Journal
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Companies are laying off employees and cutting production to counter falling orders and rising inventories.

More U.S. manufacturers are rethinking their plans as they brace for an extended slump in demand.

Higher interest rates, rising operating costs, a strengthening U.S. dollar and lower selling prices for commodities are dampening activity at factories across the country. Executives for the makers of long-lasting items such as cars, crop-harvesting combines and washing machines are projecting challenging business conditions for the remainder of the year.

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America's post-Covid factory boom is running out of steam (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 OP
WSJ wants this so badly right now. Klarkashton Jul 2024 #1
Wsj with doom and gloom predictions...shocking JT45242 Jul 2024 #2
Demand for farm machinery- TheFarseer Jul 2024 #3
And, of course, none of this could have anything to do with the election. Biophilic Jul 2024 #4
rising inventories means prices are too high nt msongs Jul 2024 #5
WSJ is now just another Murdoch rag. They have to slant things way to the right. BComplex Jul 2024 #6
Both archive copies at archive.is have comments hiding all but the first 2 paragraphs progree Jul 2024 #7

JT45242

(2,962 posts)
2. Wsj with doom and gloom predictions...shocking
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 03:52 PM
Jul 2024

They have predicting a recession for like 3 straight years post covid.
If they keep pushing it hard enough it might happen and their billionaire benefactors can bring on fascism as intended.

So sick of wsj acting like it can predict the economy.

TheFarseer

(9,504 posts)
3. Demand for farm machinery-
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 04:04 PM
Jul 2024

Is down so much, they had to move some factories to Mexico. If you don’t see how that makes sense, you’re not alone. Wonder if some of the other companies have similar stories.

BComplex

(9,140 posts)
6. WSJ is now just another Murdoch rag. They have to slant things way to the right.
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 04:58 PM
Jul 2024

What might happen to their propaganda if they actually reported the news? Truth would ruin everything for them!

progree

(11,463 posts)
7. Both archive copies at archive.is have comments hiding all but the first 2 paragraphs
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 05:25 PM
Jul 2024

Last edited Mon Jul 29, 2024, 06:14 PM - Edit history (1)

e.g. one copy is at https://archive.is/nVFdb
I tried both copies

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