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AMERICA'S MISSING MANUFACTURING RENAISSANCE

Manufacturing has been in a recession for three years. The evidence is pretty convincing that tariffs have made things worse.

I explore this in my latest for @economist.com.

Link: www.economist.com/finance-and...

Heads of agencies like the BEA and BLS are indeed political appointees, but the boots on the ground?

Career civil servants committed to rigorous and well-documented methodologies.

Their work anchors every key economic indicator.

A short 🧵
#EconSky

July retail sales came in a tad lighter than expected at 0.5% m/m (consensus 0.6%) but June was revised up to 0.9% from 0.6%.

On the surface: steady and solid consumer momentum.

Under the hood: a rising share of sales growth is being “paid for” by inflation.

Details in the 🧵
#EconSky