U.S. Factory Activity Scales Three-Year High, Price Pressures Building

Reuters, Mar. 1, 2021–Lucia Mutikani
U.S. manufacturing activity increased to a three-year high in February amid a surge in new orders, but factories continued to face higher costs for raw materials and other inputs amid labor shortages at suppliers as the pandemic drags on.
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