News / US retailers look to consumers to save an industrial sector in the doldrums

11/10/2024

US consumers are expected to step into the breach again to generate higher volumes of cargo in the coming weeks, as industrial traffic remains hobbled by a stuttering manufacturing sector.

Trade statistics for August set off alarm bells as imports lost momentum: at $342.2bn, they were ...

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