Top Threat to Manufacturing Growth Is Oil and Energy PricesNew York August 2 2005 -- U.S.-based industrial manufacturers are considerably less optimistic about the global and domestic economies according to PricewaterhouseCoopers' most... Learn more

New York February 23 2005 -- PricewaterhouseCoopers' Manufacturing Barometer spoke with 155 senior executives about the business climate including 76 in large U.S.-based industrial manufacturing companies and 79 of their peers in a cross-section... Learn more

New York NY July 27 2004 -- U.S manufacturing executives forecast increases in economic growth new investments and hiring in the next 12 months according to the Q2 2004 PricewaterhouseCoopers Manufacturing Barometer survey Ninety-four percent of... Learn more

New York NY April 28 2004 -- U.S industrial manufacturers expect to reduce their overall workforce by 1.9% over the next 12 months according to the first quarter 2004 PricewaterhouseCoopers Manufacturing Barometer At the same time the survey shows... Learn more

In the fourth quarter 174 interviews about the business climate were completed with a panel of U.S.-based senior executives including 77 in large multinational industrial manufacturing companies and 97 in a cross-section of all other business... Learn more