Kai/Kyle Risdell
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first heard Aug 2026
last heard 4 Aug
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On the program today, we are going to do this economy big picture, and we are going to do it small.
From American Public Media, this is Marketplace.
In Los Angeles, I'm Kyle Risdell.
It is Tuesday today for August.
Good as always to have you along, everybody.
We turn today for our understanding of the current state of this economy to American industry.
The Institute for Supply Management tells us that last month, the entire manufacturing slice of this economy grew at its fastest rate in four years.
There's higher demand.
There are growing backlogs.
There's more production on factory floors and more manufacturing employment as well.
That is noteworthy in and of itself.
All the more so, though, because manufacturers still have a whole lot of challenges, higher energy costs, higher interest rates, tariffs, and both business and consumer uncertainty staring them in the face.
So Marketplace's Justin Ho gets us going with why American factories are so busy right now.
The manufacturing sector has been picking up, in part because manufacturers are building out their capacity.
Matthew Miskin, with Manulife John Hancock Investments, says last year's tax law helped many businesses upgrade.
Miskin says the manufacturing sector is also seeing plenty of demand, especially from other businesses.
It's this little herd of thing called AI.
Miskin says data center development is creating demand for computers and other electronics.
It's also creating demand for industrial equipment, says Bernard Yarros, lead U.S.
economist with Oxford Economics.
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