Coming Off a Lousy Decade for Manufacturing

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May 5, 2011 at 9:00 PM UTC

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This article is part of the May 9, 2011 issue of businessweek.

U.S. industrial production fell in 14 of 19 sectors from before the 2001 recession to after the 2007-09 slump. One encouraging development: China's wage advantage is shrinking.