Manufacturing Slump Deepens to Eight Months as Industry Index Remains Below Expansion Threshold in October

Tariff uncertainty shifts from speculation to concrete business impact American manufacturers are confronting mounting challenges as the sector's contraction enters its eighth consecutive month, with factory managers reporting that initial questions about trade policy have hardened into measurable damage to their bottom lines. The Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing index declined 0.4 points to 48.7 […]