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Q3 U.S. GDP Growth Set For 30% But No V-Shaped Recovery

September 14, 2020 by Jonathan Custer

· The U.S. economy is set for a sharp rebound in Q3 · The Atlanta Federal Reserve’s GDPNow estimate for Q3 GDP growth is currently running at a stunning 30.7 percent annualized rate (6.9 percent q/q), which is almost 2x the prior highest quarterly GDP print on record, registered in Q1 1950 (Chart 1) · …

More U.S. Companies Are Moving Out of China

August 14, 2020 by Jonathan Custer

by Katharina Buchholz, Aug 14, 2020After almost 1.5 years of the U.S.-China trade war, some cracks are starting to show in the commitment of U.S. companies to their China operations. In mid-2019 as well as in mid-2020, around 15 percent of companies surveyed said that they were moving at least part of their operations out of …

Inside a Small Chinese Electronics Factory – Video

July 20, 2020 by Jonathan Custer

What is a small Chinese electronics factory like? We’re visiting a factory that does PCB assembly(PCBA), and final assembly (putting the finished product together and putting it in boxes). This is going deep into the Strange Parts archives – this is the first ever factory tour video I made, long before I started Strange Parts. …