Figuring the real bottom line

摘要

The economy is steadily improving, economists said at the Metals Service Center Institute's Forecast 2004 meeting. It's been a brutal recession, hot companies are in fighting form to enjoy the new blips they're seeing on a variety of market radars While most attendees still clung to a now-cliche cautions optimism most presenters suggested that we should feel improvement by next year. 'I 'hat's great news, but one thing still troubled me. All but missing from the economists' comments was mention of the alarmingly high rate of U.S. unemployment. It took an industry observer to point out that the growing penchant for outsourcing by U.S. multinationals is a growing problem for manufacturers. Does the mainstream business community get it? I found my self asking.