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New orders of metalworking machinery totaled $672.7 million in June 2026, increasing 15.6% from May 2026 and 56.8% from June 2025. In the first half of 2026, orders totaled $3.44 billion, the strongest half-year since USMTO began collecting data in 1998.
Discover practical sales strategies from AMT's D25 Summit, including expert insights on leadership, data, AI, and relationship-building to help manufacturing distributors grow their business.
Real U.S. economic output increased at an annualized rate of 1.5% in the second quarter of 2026, according to the advanced estimate issued today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. This was below expectations after the previous quarter grew at 2.1%
The Federal Reserve announced today that interest rates will remain steady at a target range of 3.5% to 3.75%. An aggressive statement against inflation from Fed Chair Kevin Warsh in the prior meeting led markets to anticipate two rate increases in 2026.
AMT’s Summer Economic Forum highlighted manufacturing demand, growth opportunities, and key risks ahead of MTForecast 2026, Oct. 14-16.
For brothers Bob and Larry Ianitelli and nephew Tony Tyll of Belmont Equipment & Technologies, manufacturing innovation is not a trend. It is a family tradition.
U.S. industrial production was flat in June 2026 compared to May 2026, but 1.1% above June 2025, according to the latest report from the Federal Reserve. Capacity utilization dipped slightly to a level 3.3 percentage points below the long-run average.
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