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cord-259271-4zj60pu8	Moutray, Chad	In recovery mode: manufacturers try to bounce back after COVID-19 disruptions	2020-10-20		.txt	text/plain	4986	221	52	In a special survey conducted around that time, 35.5% of respondents said that they were facing supply chain disruptions and more than 78% noted that they expected the outbreak would negative impact their finances (National Association of Manufacturers 2020a). Prior to COVID-19, workforce challenges had been the main concern for manufacturing respondents for 10 consecutive quarters, and these data suggest that it continues to be a struggle, despite the dramatically changed labor market. Overall, manufacturing continues to stabilize in most economies, even as production and other activity remains well below levels seen before the COVID-19 pandemic began. To illustrate that point, all but one (France) of the top 10 markets for US manufactured goods had better manufacturing PMI readings in August than in July, and six of those economies had expanding manufacturing sectors, up from just one (China) in May. 3 2 Severe disruptions in production, hiring and exports US manufacturing production fell abruptly and sharply between February and April, plunging 20.2% over that time frame (Table 1) .	./cache/cord-259271-4zj60pu8.txt	./txt/cord-259271-4zj60pu8.txt