The Oxymoron's Guide to the Stagnating Manufacturing Renaissance (Musical Tribute)

The following chart shows real manufacturers sales per capita (November 2013 dollars).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1mYkgemtmwzoa56SjdQH98Q02gHP5VVGOkB326CXmQFr8IfHc5kgu6UzcCGz_aBq6Yb1Wu1FbolOLx6rIIMhQousawSbcIbnrVPiD6ZLnejdhoXeTFwKAm3Kc7DM1jgri4y_hyphenhyphenwpsudo/s1600/Real+Manufacturers+Sales+per+Capita.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1mYkgemtmwzoa56SjdQH98Q02gHP5VVGOkB326CXmQFr8IfHc5kgu6UzcCGz_aBq6Yb1Wu1FbolOLx6rIIMhQousawSbcIbnrVPiD6ZLnejdhoXeTFwKAm3Kc7DM1jgri4y_hyphenhyphenwpsudo/s320/Real+Manufacturers+Sales+per+Capita.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br /><b>April 6, 2012</b><br /><a href="http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304072004577325582170978416">The Wall Street Journal: The Great Reversal: Playing the U.S. Manufacturing Boom</a><br /><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><i>Three trends suggest America's "manufacturing renaissance" is just getting started, says Neil Dutta, U.S. economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.</i></div><br />We're told U.S. Manufacturing is booming, and yet the chart clearly shows that it is stagnating. Worse, we're still nowhere near the previous peaks (~$1,700). It's an enigma wrapped up in a conundrum.<br /><div style="color: #666666;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666;"><i>When it comes to U.S. manufacturing, says Kristina Hooper, head of portfolio strategies at Allianz Global Investors, "<span style="color: red;">It's time to stop looking in the rearview mirror and start looking ahead.</span>"</i></div><br /><b>March 8, 2012</b><br /><a href="http://jalopnik.com/5892128/see-frightening-pictures-of-a-minivan-impaled-by-a-log">See Frightening Pictures Of A Minivan Impaled By A Log</a><br /><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><i>If you weren't already nervous when traveling behind a logging truck on the highway we're afraid these pictures might inspire some anxiety next time you spot one on the open road.</i></div><br />For the record, the log took out both the front window and the rearview mirror.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/2C7mNr5WMjA" width="420"></iframe><br /><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><i>It's better than bad, it's good!</i></div><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=qY1">St. Louis Fed: Custom Chart</a>

The Oxymoron's Guide to the Stagnating Manufacturing Renaissance (Musical Tribute)

The following chart shows real manufacturers sales per capita (November 2013 dollars). Click to enlarge. April 6, 2012 The Wall Street Journ...

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