industries

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Automobile manufacturers and heavy industries are feeling the adverse affects of higher commodity prices, higher rates, slowing economic activity and increased uncertainty.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

"It's a fantastic recognition of the importance of the UK ceramics industry, how it is both a critical enabler of other industries but also essential to everyday life," he said.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Around 40% of the German chemical company’s business comes from more stable industries, which helps protect its earnings even as the current boost from higher raw-material prices starts to weaken, the analysts add.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

And the service industries now dominating the U.S. economy treated workers as interchangeable parts.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

In reality, that’s not true: on the average across all industries, America’s industrial productivity is higher than that in either Japan or Germany.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond