Uncertain tariff policy has been “very paralyzing” to some companies over the last year, says UChicago economist Matt ...

Between 2019 and the first three quarters of 2025, 95.6% of net manufacturing jobs growth at the state level was concentrated ...

This is Part 2 in our series on manufacturing in America. Part 1 asked why Americans aren't filling the manufacturing jobs that are already here. Subscribe to the Planet Money newsletter for the next ...

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer toured factories in southeast Michigan, promoting policies he says will juice the ...

Walk through any industrial park in our region today, and you are struck by dedication. These local manufacturers — the bedrock of our economies — are more than just businesses; they support our ...

President Trump has been upending the global economy in the name of bringing manufacturing back. President Joe Biden signed into law massive investments aimed at doing something similar. The American ...

When President Donald Trump announced "reciprocal" tariffs last April, he promised it would help revitalize America’s manufacturing industry. Since that announcement, employment in the manufacturing ...

President Donald Trump has made it clear he wants to bring outsourced manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. This is known as “reshoring” — the practice of bringing production operations that were moved ...

Manufacturers in the U.S. are cutting thousands of jobs even as President Trump pushes economic policies that he says will revitalize the industry. Employers shed 12,000 manufacturing jobs in August, ...

I would say the Trump tariffs are not helping. I mean, mostly because there's no larger coherent plan attached to them. Like they're very chaotic in terms of like what country faces what raid and ...