A new June 20 survey from the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) found that 95.1 percent of manufacturers have a “positive outlook” in their own companies. The percentage is the highest rate ever recorded since the survey was first introduced in the fourth quarter of 1997, over 20 years ago.

The record result comes six months after President Donald Trump sparked the economy with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in December last year and follows a whirlwind of other positive news on increasing wages, hiring, and capital investments.

“This record optimism is no accident. It is fueled by the game-changing tax reform passed six months ago,” NAM President and CEO Jay Timmons said. “Congress and the president delivered, and now manufacturers are keeping our promise: hiring new workers, raising wages, improving benefits, buying equipment, and expanding right here in the United States. And the best part is, with manufacturers’ record-setting confidence and plans to keep hiring and growing, more good news is yet to come.”

In fact, those who have been completing the survey have been averaging an upbeat 92.6 percent outlook for their companies in the past six quarters. Spurred on by the tax reform, manufacturers have promised to hire more workers, creating more jobs and putting more money back into the pockets of workers.

The NAM also credits the historic numbers from other policy changes by the Trump administration that sought to reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens and introduced pro-growth policies. Trump has set a record in cutting red tape after the Obama administration alone increased the nation’s regulatory burden by more than $122 billion annually.

“Our economy is perhaps better than it has ever been.” Trump wrote in a June 17 tweet. “Companies doing really well, and moving back to America, and jobs numbers are the best in 44 years.”

The good news doesn’t stop there. At the same time, the Manufacturing Outlook Index also rose to an all-time high of 63.8 in the report, reflecting the seventh straight quarter where the outlook exceeded the survey’s historical average.

But it’s not just the manufacturing and economic sector that has been seeing record numbers. American satisfaction with the way things are currently going in the United States has reached the highest level since September 2005.

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Americans' satisfaction with the way things are going in the country has reached a 12-year high of 38%, one point above last month's satisfaction rate… https://t.co/K69KAbDUe3 pic.twitter.com/bz8vnkRJCS

— GallupNews (@GallupNews) June 18, 2018

According to a June 18 Gallup poll, 38 percent of Americans are satisfied, marking a 12-year high. It’s also the second month in a row where the satisfaction rate has been above 35 percent.

Record unemployment levels not seen since 2000 and the economic expansion that is now the second longest on record—all set in motion by Trump’s economic policies—could help explain the historic approval numbers.

From The Epoch Times

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