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NAM: Manufacturing poised to outpace overall economy
- January 17, 2007
- News Release
- Shop Management
Driven by a 0.7 percent jump in manufacturing output, the Federal Reserve reported today that overall industrial production rose 0.4 percent in December. "After three consecutive monthly declines, this upturn is a hopeful indication that the recent slowdown in industrial activity may be coming to an end," said David Huether, chief economist for the National Association of Manufacturers.
"For manufacturing, which accounts for more than three-quarters of industrial output, the 0.7 percent surge in activity was the strongest gain in six months," Huether said. "It was driven by solid increases in computers and electronic products, machinery, aircraft, and motor vehicles as well as a number of nondurable products such as apparel and petroleum and coal."
Throughout 2006, manufacturing production increased by a healthy 3.7 percent. And with overall GDP growth expected to come in at 3.1 percent in 2006, manufacturing has, for the first time since the late 1990s, outpaced the overall economy for three consecutive years.
At the same time, 2006 was not a banner year for all manufacturers. "For sectors closely aligned with housing, such as wood products, furniture and nonmetallic minerals, production declined by nearly six percent," Huether said. "Likewise, after significant increases between 2002 and 2004, a second-consecutive decline in car sales caused a contraction in motor vehicle production last year.
"With business investment moderating in 2007 and the housing downturn likely to come to an end by mid-year, the manufacturing expansion will grow more-in line with the general economy, or at about three percent, for the coming year," he said.
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