11.   If we are to survive as a business, we have to go where manufacturing is economical.

12.   Investors and traders got evidence that manufacturing is still weak and that American consumers are spending more than expected.

13.   It comes amid indications that manufacturing may be on the road to recovery after a dismal first half.

14.   Manufacturing has been weak for much of the past year.

15.   Manufacturing is the sector that has been hit hardest by the weakening economy.

16.   Manufacturing is typically the first sector to decline when the U.S. economy slows, and plants in Mexico and Canada have announced layoffs.

17.   Manufacturing is usually the most volatile sector in a downturn, and those countries have been hit especially hard by the collapse of technology investment this year.

18.   Manufacturing was the only other sector to lose jobs in October.

19.   Manufacturing has been one of the industries hardest hit in the nationwide economic slowdown.

20.   Manufacturing is already in recession, and in January consumer confidence plunged to its lowest for more than four years.