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P-04BrokenPrices and the cost of living

A golden age of American manufacturing.

What happened

Manufacturing lost an estimated 68,000 jobs (initial BLS estimate) to 108,000 (after revisions, per Joint Economic Committee Democrats) in his first year back.

Sources

  1. Joint Economic Committee (Democrats), Feb. 2026jec.senate.govhttps://www.jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/democrats/2026/2/new-data-during-trump-s-first-year-the-manufacturing-industry-lost-108-000-jobs #195

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