[nyconse]

I don’t know. I think the reports that show manufacturing up are a bit suspicious. If manufacturing is up then how come almost all products in the store are made in China? Also, why do we have such a huge trade deficit?

[dr_who_2]

I think the reports that show manufacturing up are a bit suspicious.

That's nice.

If manufacturing is up then how come almost all products in the store are made in China?

If you're shopping at Walmart or "Everything's a Dollar", I suppose you'll see a lot of Chinese goods, Vietnamese goods, Bangladeshi goods, maybe Pakistani goods if we didn't have so many textile quotas. Do go ever go shopping for earth movers?

Also, why do we have such a huge trade deficit?

Because Americans tend buy a lot of stuff from everybody when then economy is expanding.