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U.S. manufacturing is on track for a strong year after a recession rebound

Aaron Schrank Jan 18, 2018
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U.S. manufacturing is on track for a strong year after a recession rebound

Aaron Schrank Jan 18, 2018
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President Donald Trump is visiting a heavy equipment plant in Pittsburgh today, to campaign for a Republican candidate looking to fill a vacant congressional seat there. The president is expected to promote the new tax bill and tout recent growth in U.S. manufacturing — a sector he campaigned on saving. 

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