US manufacturing stuck in doldrums as tariff headwinds persist

[Hume]

WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturing contracted for the ninth straight month in November, with factories facing slumping orders and higher prices for inputs as the drag from import tariffs persisted.

US manufacturing stuck in doldrums as tariff headwinds persist

U.S. manufacturing contracted for the ninth straight month in November, with factories facing slumping orders and higher prices for inputs as the drag from import tariffs persisted.

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[Hawkeye10]

Um NO....manufacturing's decline continues apace...the word doldrums implies steady.....that manufacturing is neither up nor down.

Manufacturing is in decline.....it is getting worse.

 

[Jake Starkey]

If the economy is constricting, then it is entering a recession.