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Productivity Path: How Increases in Automation Support Manufacturing Productivity

With demand for manufactured goods surging after 2020 and high rates of job openings persisting due to a labor shortfall, more manufacturers are turning toward automation – and reversing the post-recessionary trend of declining manufacturing productivity.
Dec 02, 2024

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Christopher Chidzik
Principal Economist
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