“[Friday's] data clearly indicate that U.S. manufacturing may not be quite at a bottom. The weakness is led by computers and electronic equipment, but other categories are weak also.”
Mary Webb
“I can't tell you how bad this is for consumers, ... a product liability bailout for manufacturers who have weak roofs today and will continue to be allowed to have weak roofs in the future.”
Clarence Ditlow
“Global manufacturing weakness has persisted longer than we anticipated, ... In particular, aerospace, industrial gas turbine and telecommunication markets remained soft, reinforcing the need to increase the scope of our cost savings and restructuring initiatives.”
Alain Belda
“The second quarter was clearly a soft quarter, there was a lot of weakness in manufacturing. I think we'll see a rebound but it won't show up until the August numbers. Getting GM back to work will be a big plus in getting things going again.”
David Blitzer
“The manufacturing sector's position worsened sharply and across the board. The service sector domestic balances remain weak, and there was only modest improvement following the sharp losses seen earlier in the year.”
David Frost
“Those areas of strength are indeed offsetting those areas of weakness as was evidenced in the manufacturing sector.”
Rosanne Cahn
“Government must not burden automotive manufacturing in the UK off the European map. Manufacturers must have the confidence to develop their operations and government must help us meet the competitiveness challenge. That means a light regulatory touch and an integrated approach to regulation in environmental and transport policy.”
Christopher Macgowan
