U.S. Manufacturing Capacity Increases for 16th Month in a Row

WASHINGTON—U.S. manufacturers increased their capacity for the 16th straight month in September, fresh evidence that a strengthening economy is helping to propel a U.S. industrial rebound. The Trump Administration has prioritized increasing manufacturing investment in the U.S. with tax cuts and tariffs on a range of imported goods.

Michigan Manufacturing Jobs Increase for 7th Straight Year
Noria news https://www.reliableplant.com/Read/31254/michigan-manufacturing-jobs
[Excerpt:]
“MNI reports manufacturing employment in Michigan climbed 1.6 percent between February 2017 and February 2018, extending the increase in manufacturing jobs the state has seen since 2011. Currently, Michigan’s 13,457 manufacturers employ 719,684 people. Since the end of the recession, employment in Michigan’s manufacturing sector has surged at a rate unmatched by any other U.S. state, increasing by 99,547 jobs or 16 percent.”

A few of the links from a quick search of FR in regards to Michigan.

US Farathane subsidiaries to invest $29 million, add 273 jobs in Auburn Hills, Port Huron (Michigan)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3547378/posts

Roush opens engineering center in Troy, to add 150 jobs (Michigan)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3551263/posts

Elio Motors Engine Prototype-First Start-Up to Build All-New Internal-Combustion Engine in 60 Years
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3265660/posts

Defense contractor bringing 700 jobs to Lansing (Michigan)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3667349/posts

Insurance giant adding 60 jobs, investing $1M in Grand Rapids tech center (Michigan)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3586464/posts

Fiat Chrysler Ready To Move Pickup Trucks From Mexico If Trump Plays Cards Right
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3518019/posts

HP’s Metal Jet 3D printer may build your next car’s innards
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3689651/posts

Mexican Ford plant workers blame Trump for dashed dreams
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3511870/posts

I think another Freeper gave a good answer to this, in that as the economy has improved, we're buying again. The problem is that much of what we buy is made elsewhere. As that changes, this trend should reverse.

That said, President Trump can't do this by himself. We need to buy the stuff made here when we can.

"Why does the stock market hate America? The economic numbers are great, the markets are down?"

Remember, investors in stocks are forward looking not past performance. Someone in the thread also talks as if there would be a cabal of investors 'holding the markets back' etc.. That's an impossibility. The stock market is so large and diffuse that no single investor or group of investors can influence the whole stock market.

Investors are a jittery bunch and when they hear this news or that news they sell and buy. Right now it does seem like investors are not concentrating on fundamentals. However, you have to view the stock market not in one day but over the long haul and in the past two years the market has steadily risen. We are still in a bull market and I think we will continue to be, thanks in part to President Donald J. Trump.

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