MAPI's Page

The following is an analysis from Cliff Waldman, Economist for the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI), regarding the durable goods report for December 2011: 

“Like other recent data, the December 2011 report on demand for long-lasting goods paints a picture of an economy that ended a volatile and challenging 2011 on a positive note,” Waldman said. “Total new orders, now up during five of the last six months, increased a strong 3 percent after an…

Stephen Gold, president and CEO of the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI), offered this response to President Obama’s State of the Union address:  

“After years of public officials ignoring or even writing manufacturing off, our national leaders are finally recognizing the critical role the factory sector continues to play in innovation, creating jobs, and raising living standards.  MAPI applauds the President for shining a primetime spotlight on…

In August 2011, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a series of four important decisions that in combination substantially enhanced the ability of unions to organize employees and provided greater protection of unions’ new or established bargaining unit representative status. In each of these cases, the Board reached its result by overturning prior Board decisions, some of which had been issued only a few years earlier. 

In The NLRB’s Precedent-Overruling Decisions…

The following is an analysis from Daniel J. Meckstroth, Ph.D., Chief Economist for the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI), regarding the industrial production report for December 2011: 

“The Federal Reserve announced today that industrial production increased 0.4 percent in December.  Manufacturing production increased 0.9 percent while electric utilities saw a 2.7 percent decline, but mining industries increased 0.3 percent,” noted Daniel J.…