This would be an indication that activity is increasing at more than half the manufacturing firms in the survey, and another sign of growth.

I think it's pretty unusual for women to be in the manufacturing world, but I don't think about it.

If you're making fewer things, then you need fewer people to transport them, and fewer people to finance them, and fewer people to distribute them down the line. So it's important, and it's key to the current state of the economy.

Businesses are simply not able to pass any additional costs through to final consumers. They were bargain hunters in good times, and now they're really bargain hunters . This says there is room for the Fed to do whatever it needs to do to maintain growth.

It is outstanding to see such growth with not even any inflation,

This obviously suggests that if they were going to tighten monetary policy and raise rates, it would be in a very gradual fashion.