Manufacturing In September 2025

U.S. manufacturing appears weaker than the hype — employment, hours, and production all slipped in September, challenging hopes of a robust industrial rebound.

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BLS measures (employment, hours) are down through September.
 

Figure 1: Manufacturing employment, production and nonsupervisory workers (blue), hours (tan), ADP manufacturing employment (green), all in logs, 2025M01=0. Source: BLS, ADP via FRED, and author’s calculations.
 

Where’s that manufacturing renaissance I was promised?


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