http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2006/12/24/manufacturing-data-accuracy-questions/ Fri, 24 Apr 2015 01:18:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2006/12/24/manufacturing-data-accuracy-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-5494 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:31:10 +0000 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2006/12/24/manufacturing-data-accuracy-questions/#comment-5494 My sense is their is more room to eliminate non-value added activity from management positions which will not harm long term productivity growth…

]]> http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2006/12/24/manufacturing-data-accuracy-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-4761 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:12:12 +0000 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2006/12/24/manufacturing-data-accuracy-questions/#comment-4761 One challenge of understanding the state of the economy is we don’t have clear measures. We attempt to gather accurate data but there is quite a bit of inaccuracy in the data (both from preliminary estimates – before all the data is in, which can take months, or longer …

]]> http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2006/12/24/manufacturing-data-accuracy-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-4526 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:33:58 +0000 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2006/12/24/manufacturing-data-accuracy-questions/#comment-4526 According to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, today’s business industry workers are on average 30% more productive than their 1998 counterparts (productivity growth of roughly 2.6% per year)…

]]> http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2006/12/24/manufacturing-data-accuracy-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-3576 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:12:47 +0000 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2006/12/24/manufacturing-data-accuracy-questions/#comment-3576 […] be seen as perfectly accurate, but it is very interesting. Economic data (especially global data) has plenty of margin for error. And you will notice some of the figures for the same periods changes compared to posts from […]

]]> http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2006/12/24/manufacturing-data-accuracy-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-3575 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:09:19 +0000 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2006/12/24/manufacturing-data-accuracy-questions/#comment-3575 Here is updated data from the UN on manufacturing output by country. China continues to grow amazingly moving into second place for 2006…

]]> http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2006/12/24/manufacturing-data-accuracy-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-3401 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:20:54 +0000 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2006/12/24/manufacturing-data-accuracy-questions/#comment-3401 […] data is from the IMF. As with any economic data there are issues to consider about comparing across countries. Still this is a stark illustration that the impacts those in the wealthy countries feel from […]

]]> http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2006/12/24/manufacturing-data-accuracy-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-3283 Fri, 02 May 2008 00:35:23 +0000 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2006/12/24/manufacturing-data-accuracy-questions/#comment-3283 the price of eggs has jumped 35 percent. A gallon of milk is up 23 percent. A loaf of white bread has climbed 16 percent. And a pound of ground chuck is up 8 percent…

]]> http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2006/12/24/manufacturing-data-accuracy-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:53:57 +0000 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2006/12/24/manufacturing-data-accuracy-questions/#comment-50 The newest data from the UN confirms most of the recent trends in manufacturing output – most notably that China continues to grow dramatically. The data also shows a stagnation in USA manufacturing output over the last several years, though the USA remains by far the largest manufacturer…

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