Slowing of U.S. Economy Leads to Decrease in Domestic Optimism, Says PricewaterhouseCoopers

NEW YORK, N.Y.—More than eight in 10 (83 percent) of industrial manufacturers are optimistic about the global economy over the next 12 months, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Manufacturing Barometer, a quarterly survey of U.S. industrial manufacturing executives. Yet, continued softening of the U.S. economy led to a drop in optimism among executives, down seven percentage points from the previous quarter, with 57 percent of executives expressing optimism about the domestic economy.