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Industrial production declined in March, but manufacturing was up. What does that mean?

by Mitchell Hartman

On the surface, the numbers look contradictory, but the reasons they behaved as they did can tell us something about the tariff-era economy.

“Just when we were getting back on track, people are pulling back because of the uncertainty associated with tariffs,” said Richard Aboulafia at AeroDynamic Advisory.

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