Business
Dan Meckstroth, Chief Economist and Director of Research, The Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI). Manufacturing production in the United States is expected to growth modestly faster than the overall economy in 2012. Dan Meckstroth will identify the industries within the manufacturing sector that will drive the growth and explain why some industries that are lagging. He will then discuss the manufacturing outlook in the major regions of the world. A recession in Europe and the extent of a slowdown in Latin America and Asia are included in the global manufacturing outlook presentation. Recorded January 12, 2012.http://www.national-economists.org/podcasts/nec193.mp3