The surveys about their outlook thehe economy and on success of the business. For the first time in many, many tick inwe had an up optimism among many factors, 93. 3 percent positive one year ago the number was 56 positive. To also put it in perspective, it is the highest number for optimism we have seen in our survey in the entire 20 years we have been connecting the survey. Another data point that we found it to be very interesting that we were able to share with the president is the righttrack, wrongtrack number, from the perspective of manufacturers. A month before he came to office, the righttrack number was a very low 26 . The last survey showed that the righttrack number was 60 . So we were very happy to share that news with the president , and let him know that manufacturers are very excited about his agenda for tax reform congratulatory reform, and infrastructure investment. Weve got a few folks with us today. As you can see, they represent our small and mediumsized manufactur
Mr. Timmons it sounds good. I am jay timmons, ceo of the National Association of manufacturers. We had a great meeting with the president and Vice President , and we were able to deliver news to the president. Every quarter, the National Association of manufacturers surveys our 14,000 members, and the survey is about their outlook on the economy and on the success of their business. For the first time in many, many years, we had an uptick in optimism among manufacturers, 93. 3 positive. To put that in perspective, one year ago the number was 56 positive. To also put it in perspective, it is the highest number for optimism we have seen in our survey in the entire 20 years we have been conducting the survey. Another data point that we found to be very interesting that we were able to share with the president is the righttrack, wrongtrack number, from the perspective of manufacturers. A month before he came to office, the righttrack number was a very low 26 . The last survey showed that t
Mr. Timmons it sounds good. I am jay timmons, ceo of the National Association of manufacturers. We had a great meeting with the president and Vice President , and we were able to deliver news to the president. Every quarter, the National Association of manufacturers surveys our 14,000 members, and the survey is about their outlook on the economy and on the success of their business. For the first time in many, many years, we had an uptick in optimism among manufacturers, 93. 3 positive. To put that in perspective, one year ago the number was 56 positive. To also put it in perspective, it is the highest number for optimism we have seen in our survey in the entire 20 years we have been conducting the survey. Another data point that we found to be very interesting that we were able to share with the president is the righttrack, wrongtrack number, from the perspective of manufacturers. A month before he came to office, the righttrack number was a very low 26 . The last survey showed that t