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WILLOUGHBY, Ohio -- Ericson Manufacturing is marking its next chapter with concrete, steel, and a whole lot more floor space. The Willoughby-based manufacturer announced plans this week to expand its ...

This shortened President’s Day week is still a big one for economic data. Gross domestic product figures come out Friday, along with some reports covering home construction, home sales, consumer ...

Spending to build, expand and rehabilitate manufacturing sites in the U.S. has declined since President Donald Trump took office, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. Yet, Trump has repeatedly ...

After tariffs rose to the highest levels in centuries, the U.S. lost tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs last year. In December, WSJ’s Gavin Bade went inside Detroit to learn why—and meet the ...

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The U.S. ISM Manufacturing PMI climbed to 52.6 in January, compared with the 48.5 consensus and 47.9 in December, according to data released by the Institute for Supply Management on Monday. Economic ...

Employees and automated robots make solar panels at T1 Energy’s G1_Dallas manufacturing facility on Nov. 13, 2025, in Wilmer. Angela Piazza Inside T1 Energy’s state-of-the-art G1_Dallas facility in ...

Introducing the highest U.S. tariffs since the Great Depression, President Donald Trump made a clear promise in the spring: “Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country.” They haven’t.

LAST YEAR the Trump administration’s justifications for its tariffs shifted almost as much as the levies themselves. President Donald Trump and his team have variously defended their border taxes as a ...

Factory activity returned to expansion after nine months of contraction. Manufacturing outperformed forecasts, signaling stabilizing demand. Large firms drove gains, while smaller businesses stayed ...

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 ...