Manufacturing Today Issue - 215 August 2023 | Page 39

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Legislation supply chains in the wake of both the Covid-19 pandemic and recent geopolitical unrest , as companies try to futureproof their operations .
However , the impact is unlikely to be seismic , or on a New Deal scale , for a variety of reasons , including those outlined below . We are predicting year-on-year growth will remain below ten percent in the mediumterm with a shallow recession in 2024 and the growth rate failing to recover to 2022 levels out to 2027 . Our Manufacturing Industry Output ( MIO ) tracker , which quantifies the total value of manufacturing production , with deep granularity , across over 35 industries and 44 countries forecasts a good but not outstanding increase in the overall value of US manufacturing , from just over $ 5.8tn to just under $ 6.8tn during 2022-to-2027 .
First and foremost , behind expectations for a modest rather than sensational rise in US production output and value are the skills and labor shortages that are already hampering US manufacturing companies , with more centrally located manufacturing companies in particular finding it hard to fill vacancies . The tight labor market means manufacturers may struggle to hire workers for new plants and we anticipate this will result in rising demand for
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