[afraidfortherepublic]

Is manufacturing output down or just employment in manufacturing jobs?

If my company is any measure -- output is down. Our sales (output) are about 1/3 of what they were 2 years ago, and we are in danger of going under. It's nnot that my employees don't work hard and produce a great deal, it's just that we haven't had the orders. Some of the work has gone overseas, some just hasn't materialized, and some of the customers have gone under.

[XBob]

http://www.tradealert.org/Images/Prod_ID444_1_2.jpg

http://www.tradealert.org/view_art.asp?Prod_ID=777

[Huber]

I'm sorry that your company is not doing well. However, it would be misleading to extrapolate a trend from a single example.