Aircraft

Orders fluctuate month to month in most major manufacturing industries. U.S. aerospace has been in a peacetime boom, but it’s getting harder to deliver, as July data may reveal. Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 

The U.S. trade deficit in July surged to a five-month high, $50.1 billion, as exports of products like soybeans and civilian aircraft fell, while imports reached record levels. President Donald Trump regularly complains about trade deficits, but his own spending policies tend to undermine the goal of lowering the trade gap. One part of the […]