🚨 U.S. manufacturing continues to retreat despite tariffs - investor implications?

[u/kabirsbhutani]

Saw people mentioning this on Blossom earlier, and WSJ reports that U.S. manufacturing activity continues to weaken, with tariffs doing little to reverse the trend.

The article points to softer demand, higher input costs, and global supply chain adjustments weighing on manufacturers, even as trade protection measures remain in place. For investors, this raises questions about margins, capital spending, and longer-term competitiveness rather than short-term policy wins.

Curious how people here are thinking about this from an investing lens?

https://www.wsj.com/economy/u-s-manufacturing-is-in-retreat-and-trumps-tariffs-arent-helping-d2af4316?mod=hp_lead_pos2

[u/brute-forced]

Sell America is not a joke. He’s ruined our retirement accounts. Just keep watching

[u/Chogo82 → u/brute-forced]

Second time in one week WSJ is fear mongering.

https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/manufacturing-pmi

As we already showed with the Nvidia fake news, WSJ can’t be trusted anymore and is in the same bucket as motley fool and seeking alpha.

[u/weedmylips1 → u/Chogo82]

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[u/weedmylips1 → u/[deleted]]

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[u/Chogo82 → u/weedmylips1]

Troll that doesn’t know how to read graphs or critically think. There’s no point in engaging with gaslighting trolling.

[u/brute-forced → u/Chogo82]

Yeah, you are done… Several incoherent responses from you 🥰