“U.S. factory activity unexpectedly contracted in August for the first time in three years as shrinking orders, production and hiring pushed a widely followed measure of manufacturing to its lowest level since January 2016,” Bloomberg reports.
U.S. Manufacturing Contracts for First Time in Three Years
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