
Monthly Series: Manufacturing Think Tank with Cliff Waldman
Go beyond the mainstream media headlines with Cliff Waldman throughout his series on Manufacturing Talk Radio where he focuses on forces that are catalyzing rapid structural changes in the companies and sectors that comprise the dynamic manufacturing industry. Tune in on the last Tuesday of every month to hear the latest episode!
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the following article was originally published by https://www.sme.org/ By Cameron Kerkau Associate Editor,SME Media Alef Aeronautics Inc.’s Model A flying car. (Photo provided by Alef) San Mateo, Calif.-based Alef Aeronautics Inc. announced on Tuesday that …
June 2023 Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®
Manufacturing PMI® at 46% New Orders, Production, Employment and Backlogs Contracting Supplier Deliveries Faster Raw Materials Inventories Contracting; Customers’ Inventories Too Low Prices Decreasing; Exports and Imports Contracting (Tempe, Arizona) — Economic activity in the …
May 2023 Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®
Manufacturing PMI® at 46.9% New Orders and Backlogs Contracting Production and Employment Growing Supplier Deliveries Faster Raw Materials Inventories Contracting; Customers’ Inventories Too High Prices Decreasing; Exports Unchanged; Imports Contracting (Tempe, Arizona) — Economic activity …
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Episode 702: Cliff Notes on the Global Manufacturing Picture for August
An accumulation of economic, political, and geopolitical problems has brought China to a moment of either significant peril or significant change-or both. The implications for U.S. manufacturers are immense given China’s pivotal role in global growth and global supply chains. Host Cliff Waldman will overview the dynamics that have brought China to this pivotal moment….
Episode 692: Cliff Notes on the Global Manufacturing Picture for July
In this episode of ‘Cliff Notes on the Global Manufacturing Picture’, host Cliff Waldman reviews the latest look at global population trends from the United Nations. The 2022 report of the UN’s World Population Prospects presents population estimates from 1950 to the present for 237 countries, underpinned by analysis of historical demographic data. Cliff explains…
Episode 683: Cliff Notes on the Global Manufacturing Picture for June
U.S. Manufacturing Is Holding Up, But Stormclouds Are Forming The June episode of Cliff Notes On The Global Manufacturing Picture takes a closer look at how the manufacturing industry is responding to rapidly rising interest rates and the looming threat of a global recession. Don’t miss this data-driven look into global manufacturing’s future.
Episode 675: Cliff Notes on the Global Manufacturing Picture – The U.S. Auto Industry
In this episode, Haig Stoddard, the widely followed auto industry analyst, joins host Cliff Waldman to talk about a range of issues facing the U.S. auto industry. After discussing considerable supply chain problems Haig offers analysis of mounting demand-side pressures including the surge in gas prices and the rapid rise in interest rates. This is followed by a…
Episode 652: Cliff Notes on the Global Manufacturing Picture: The Increasingly Difficult and Risky Global Economic Picture
In this episode of ‘Cliff Notes on the Global Manufacturing Picture’, host Cliff Waldman will review the latest data and forecasts from an increasingly difficult and risky global economic picture. Cliff will discuss the significant downward revisions to global growth forecasts, the increasingly aggressive campaign from the Federal Reserve to tame elevated inflation, the global growth…
Episode 642: Jerome Powell Speaks to the NABE on Interest Rates and the Economy
Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, speaks to the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) today about interest Rate hikes and the state of the economy as the Fed looks forward in 2022 and grapples with Inflation. Cliff Waldman, President of New World Economics, speaks for the meeting in a special news brief wrap-up…