Chad Moutray joins Jim Blasingame to report that U.S. manufacturers have lost tens of thousands of net jobs just in 2016, which can’t be a good sign for the overall economy.

Greg Kozera joins Jim Blasingame to report that the U.S. is one of the solutions for climate change, not the problem, because of natural gas.

Greg Kozera joins Jim Blasingame to report that the U.S. has one of the highest reserves of natural gas in the world that can be harvested by fracking for years to come.

Greg Kozera joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the dynamic between the price of crude oil and the price of gasoline and where is the equilibrium price point that will serve the economy, consumers and the industry.

Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the several reasons that even though China’s economy is growing, it is not a threat to overtake the U.S.

Scott St. Germain joins Jim Blasingame to explain the contribution his industry, wire rope, slings, and other products, that help lift the heavy stuff used by industry, and how his family business has been part of it for a half century.

Greg Kozera joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the U.S. being an oil exporter for the first time as a result of fracking, plus how natural gas has impacted the U.S. CO2 emissions.

Greg Kozera joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the factors that have contributed to gas prices going up significantly since the first of the year, and to say that the U.S. is nowhere near peak oil.

Chad Moutray joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the government reforms that should be good for manufacturing, including renewing the ExIm Bank charter, tax reform and others.

Chad Moutray joins Jim Blasingame to report that America’s manufacturing sector is less than optimistic about the economy, down from the December survey.