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Aug 4, 2020

For the first time in months, global manufacturing expanded

Manufacturing is not only up but growing. Plus, President Trump wants the U.S. government to get a cut of any American deal with TikTok. And, research on hits to the health care industry and how that affects the wider economy.

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More automation could be a solution to crowded, hands-on production lines.
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Two indicators show that manufacturing is up both domestically and globally
Jeffrey Cleveland, chief economist at Payden and Rygel, has more.
Trump OKs American acquisition of TikTok, but only if the U.S. gets a cut of the deal
by Scott Tong
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Microsoft can “go ahead” with efforts to buy TikTok, Trump said, so long as the U.S. Treasury pockets “a substantial amount of money.”
With fewer people on health insurance, health care jobs could be in jeopardy, report says
by Sabri Ben-Achour, Rose Conlon, Erika Soderstrom and Alex Schroeder
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The employer-provided health insurance losses projected to come could cost the U.S. economy another 1.5 million to 2.5 million jobs.
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For the first time in months, global manufacturing expanded

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Segments From This Episode

Two indicators show that manufacturing is up both domestically and globally

Trump OKs American acquisition of TikTok, but only if the U.S. gets a cut of the deal

With fewer people on health insurance, health care jobs could be in jeopardy, report says

The Team