contracted
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Industries that contracted included apparel, textiles, paper products, chemicals and transportation equipment.
American manufacturing contracted for the ninth straight month, a survey showed, as uncertainty tied to ever-changing tariffs and a historic government shutdown weighed on business.
From MarketWatch
“U.S. manufacturing activity contracted at a faster rate, with pullbacks in supplier deliveries, new orders and employment,” said Susan Spence, chair of the ISM.
The reading is in line with an official survey released Sunday, which showed factory activity contracted for the eighth consecutive month.
"There is another farm two kilometres away. They had pox cases, but hid it," she says, alluding to how she believes her herd contracted the disease.
From BBC
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