In the US, as the financial sector soared, the manufacturing base contracted sharply.

But infrastructure is a long term investment, revenues from which will be lower without accompanying investment in manufacturing capacity.

It is unlikely that the adjustment process will be much faster in the US, where the manufacturing base has shrunk much more sharply.

For example, Japan is in a good position to exploit synergies between an improved health care sector and its world class manufacturing capabilities, in the development of medical instrumentation.

In the United States, presidential candidates appeal to anxious voters by blaming the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) for the erosion of the country s manufacturing base.

When combined with China s rapid growth in manufacturing capacity, this pattern promises to create a new round of global imbalances.

Design for manufacturability (also sometimes known as design for manufacturing or DFM) is the general engineering art of designing products in such a way that they are easy to manufacture.

England is highly industrialised, but since the 1970s there has been a decline in traditional heavy and manufacturing industries, and an increasing emphasis on a more service industry oriented economy.

Exports initially did not constitute a path to recovery because the deutsche mark was overvalued, and some manufacturing capacity had been lost during the unification boom.

Government efforts to increase productivity in the service sector probably will be particularly important. For example, Japan is in a good position to exploit synergies between an improved health care sector and its world class manufacturing capabilities, in the development of medical instrumentation.

How does a savings glut translate into exports, given that households do not export? Likewise, if the US is consuming too much, why has it been closing manufacturing capacity, and why is there so much labor market softness?

6. Calls upon the international community to support ways of stimulating the development of manufacturing capacity of insecticide treated nets in Africa and, in this connection, to encourage and facilitate the transfer of technology needed to make insecticide treated nets more effective and long lasting

In 2004, the investment share of GDP rose to 45 one of the highest levels in recorded financial history as banks financed a huge expansion of property development and manufacturing capacity.

Indeed, the Dutch Disease named for the catastrophic drop in Dutch manufacturing competitiveness after the discovery of natural gas in the North Sea drove up the currency has become a serious concern.

How does a savings glut translate into exports, given that households do not export? Likewise, if the US is consuming too much, why has it been closing manufacturing capacity, and why is there so much labor market softness?