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Tracking the Truck Driver Shortage If current trends continue, the shortage of truck drivers, which has plagued the trucking industry since 2005, could increase to 160,000 vacancies by 2028,

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ROB Roundup: October PMI® With the first Friday of November also the first business day of the month, it felt like the Super Bowl or Christmas morning for passionate consumers of economic

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ROB Roundup: October NMI® While the Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business® is considered one of the most reliable economic indicators — which we at Institute for Supply Management®

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ROB Roundup: November PMI® At 10 a.m. ET on Monday, CNBC analyst Rick Santelli stood at his usual location on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade and delivered a doubleheader of

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ROB Roundup: November NMI® The release of the Non-Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business® on Wednesday provided a perfect example — reflected in the divergent headlines and stories below

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Inside Supply Management’s Best of 2019 There was never a dull moment in 2019 for the supply management profession. Even veteran practitioners have said that — amid an unprecedented amount of

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ROB Roundup: December PMI® The headline of the release of the Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business® on Friday had the subtlety of a fog siren: June 2009. That’s when the Great Recession

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ROB Roundup: February NMI® On Monday, this space called the February Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business® “the coronavirus edition.” However, it’s possible that the outbreak had an

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The Coronavirus Impact Is Reaching All Corners of Our Lives The COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak is causing an upheaval across global industries, from manufacturing to finance to travel. As

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Economic Worries Spreading Due to Coronavirus Pandemic After the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) shut down the manufacturing hub of Wuhan, China, and began spreading across the globe, concerns of

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