Charts: U.S. Manufacturing Trends Q3 2023
In July 2023, manufacturers’ sales in the United States stood at $577.18 billion, a slight 0.5% increase from the previous month and a 0.7% decrease from the same period in 2022. That’s according to the “Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales” estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau. The estimates are based on three Census Bureau surveys: “Monthly Retail Trade,” “Monthly Wholesale Trade,” and “Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders.” The surveys provide “the only source for assessing overall business activities across…