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Container rates on the main east–west routes have fallen 38 percent from their peak, reshaping the calculus for importers heading into the holiday season.
Traders ended the week where they began it — exhausted, mostly flat, and newly respectful of a data calendar that keeps surprising.
The 4.2-gigawatt framework agreement locks in factory capacity through 2031 — and signals that offshore economics have turned.
Panel prices fell again this quarter. The binding constraint now is people: electricians, riggers, and the trainers who make more of them.
Forget the headline mega-factories. The more telling trend is a thousand workshops buying their first robot arm.
Mid-sized metalworks are pairing veteran machinists with collaborative arms — and keeping both busier than either expected.
While big-box chains consolidate, weekend markets are posting double-digit growth — and building supply chains of their own.