Manufacturing

U.S. businesses shrugged off an uncertain economic environment and stepped up orders for capital goods in August, a sign the economy was not falling back into recession, Reuters reported.  

The Commerce Department said …

A measure of manufacturing activity in the Midwest increased 0.6 percent last month and 0.3 percent in July.

Regional output rose 7.6 percent in August from a year earlier, the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank said …