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Tax Increases Threaten American Jobs and Wages
If Congress fails to act by the end of 2025 to preserve tax reform, nearly 6 million American jobs will be lost. Nationwide Economic Damage 5.9 Million LOST JOBS $540 Billion IN LOST WAGES $1.1 Trillion IN LOST GDP Impact on Manufacturing 1.1 Million LOST JOBS $126 Billion IN LOST WAGES $284 Billion IN LOST GDP table td { border-bottom: none; } table tr:last-child td { border-bottom: none; } table
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- Estate-Tax-Flyer.pdf
- MFG_Wins_Whats_At_Stake_2025.pdf
- NAM_199A_Explainer_July2024.pdf
- WAS-RD-Tax-Flyer-2024.pdf
- Whats-at-Stake-Tax-Compendium.pdf
- Whatsatstake.CorporateTaxRate.2024.vF_.pdf
- Whatsatstake.FullExpensing.2024.pdf
- Whatsatstake.Interest-Deductability.2024.pdf
- Whatsatstake.InternationalTax.2024.pdf
- Keeping_Our_Promises_Report.pdf
AI in Manufacturing
Referenced in our new report “Working Smarter: How Manufacturers Are Using Artificial Intelligence,” the figures above were collected from a series of surveys conducted by the NAM’s Manufacturing Leadership Council in 2023, which focused on how manufacturers use AI in their daily operations. Read the report Working Smarter: How Manufacturers Are Using Artificial Intelligence Unlock the power of ar
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Energy and Natural Resources
The figures above were collected in an NAM poll conducted in March 2024, which collected 1,000 responses from a nationwide sample of registered voters. Capitalizing on U.S. Energy and Innovation Leadership The U.S. is the world’s leading energy producer, creating an advantage for manufacturers in the global marketplace. Today, manufacturers benefit from all forms of energy and natural resources—wh
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Fighting the Regulatory Onslaught
NAM Leads Industry-Wide Call for Trump Regulatory Reforms READ MANUFACTURERS’ LETTER TO PRESIDENT TRUMP The Cost of Federal Regulations The current regulatory onslaught threatens the competitiveness of manufacturing in America, chilling manufacturing investment, job creation and wage growth, and blunts the positive impacts of tax reform, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the CHIPS and Science
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Immigration
Immigration Reform: A Time to Act The future of America’s economy—and manufacturers’ competitiveness—will be determined in part by the future of immigration policy. Over the centuries, generations of immigrants have made the American experiment possible, helping to turn the United States into an exceptional nation and an unrivaled global leader. But while America is indeed a nation of immigrants,
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Trade
Manufacturers are offering a clear, actionable agenda to strengthen U.S. manufacturing through common-sense trade policy. U.S. Manufacturing Investment Accelerator Program To give manufacturers a runway of predictable access to critical materials and leading technologies from reliable suppliers that will accelerate the long-term investments needed to maintain America’s global edge, the NAM is prop
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- NAM-AI-Whitepaper-2024-1.pdf
- FINAL-NAM-Section-232-Critical-Minerals-Submission_Final-May-16-2025.pdf
- Manufacturing-Investment-Accelerator-Program-FINAL-DIGITAL.pdf
- NAM-China-Shipbuilding-Submission-Final.pdf
- NAM-Section-232-Aerospace-Submission_Final-June-3-2025.pdf
- NAM-Section-232-Pharmaceuticals-Submission_Final-May-7-2025.pdf
- NAM-Section-232-Semiconductor-Submission_Final-May-7-2025.pdf
- NAM-Submission-to-USTR-Reciprocal-Tariff-FRN-March-11-2025-Final.pdf
- P-Final-NAM-Comment-Submission-BIS-2025-0011.pdf
- P-NAM-Copper-Submission-BIS-2025-0010.pdf
Transportation and Infrastructure
Building to Win The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the CHIPS and Science Act represented historic wins for manufacturers, and the NAM remains laser-focused on helping policymakers maximize these massive investments to support competitiveness across the supply chain. The NAM led advocacy for both of these pieces of legislation, and the NAM’s “Competing to Win” policy roadmap continues t
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Labor and Employment
The figures above can be found in the NAM’s Q2 2024 Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey . Adapting for a 21st-Century Workforce The U.S. will not maintain its mantle of economic leadership unless all labor stakeholders work together to ensure the best and most productive workplaces. Employees, organized labor, management and lawmakers should collaborate in search of outcomes that deliver a positive wor
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Healthcare
The figures above can be found in the NAM’s Q2 2024 Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey . Keeping Americans Healthy and Productive; Unleashing Innovation As leaders in the employer-sponsored healthcare system that provides quality benefits to approximately half the population, manufacturers go to great lengths to provide robust health insurance offerings to employees. Approximately 93% of NAM member
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Corporate Governance
The figures above can be found in the NAM’s Q2 2024 Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey . Supporting Capital Formation and Protecting Investors Manufacturers depend on the public capital markets to finance business growth, job creation and economic expansion. Manufacturing workers, meanwhile, may rely on the success of publicly traded companies to help them invest for a new home, a child’s education or
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Research, Innovation and Technology
The figures above can be found in the NAM’s Q2 2024 Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey . Powering Manufacturing 4.0 Manufacturers in the United States have created an innovation engine that has reshaped the world around us. New technologies and processes have brought us energy independence, new lifesaving medicines and medical devices and more efficient automobiles, to name a few – a significant trans
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NAM Legal Center
Who We Are The NAM works with some of the most effective legal experts in the country, who fight—and win—every day for NAM members and manufacturing priorities. The Legal Center’s legal team works to rein in regulatory overreach, defend hard-fought legislative gains and ensure a level playing field for manufacturers—protecting manufacturers’ ability to grow, innovate and create jobs. Our Legal Cen
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The Cost of Federal Regulations
DOWNLOAD THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY DOWNLOAD THE FULL STUDY In 2022, manufacturers faced stiffer regulatory hurdles compared to similarly sized peers in the economy at-large. The disparity is particularly acute for small manufacturers. Survey of Manufacturers: What Would You Do with Funds Currently Allocated to Federal Regulatory Compliance? Manufacturers would spend 86% of funds currently spent on com
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2025 First Quarter Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey
Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: First Quarter 2025 The National Association of Manufacturers Q1 2025 Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey reveals growing concerns over trade uncertainties and increased raw material costs. Trade uncertainties surged to the top of manufacturers’ challenges, cited by 76.2% of respondents, jumping 20 percentage points from Q4 2024 and 40 percentage points from Q3 of last ye
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About the NAM
The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) works for the success of the more than 13 million people who make things in America. Our work is centered around four values that make our industry strong and America exceptional: free enterprise, competitiveness, individual liberty and equal opportunity. These pillars guide what we do every day, whether it’s standing up for manufacturers in Washingt
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Competing to Win
From protecting pro-growth tax provisions to fighting the regulatory onslaught and an imbalanced trade environment – the NAM is working hand in hand with manufacturers to engage officials, candidates and more Americans to take action on an agenda that’s going to address our most pressing issues, expand opportunity for the workforce and make our country’s competitiveness more resilient than ever. V
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- Competing-to-Win-February-2024-DigitalFinal.pdf
- Competing-to-Win-February-2024-DigitalSpread-Energy-Final.pdf
- Competing-to-Win-February-2024-DigitalSpread-Environment-Final.pdf
- Competing-to-Win-February-2024-DigitalSpread-Governance.pdf
- Competing-to-Win-February-2024-DigitalSpread-HealthCare-Final.pdf
- Competing-to-Win-February-2024-DigitalSpread-Labor-Final.pdf
- Competing-to-Win-February-2024-DigitalSpread-Regulartory-and-Legal-Final.pdf
- Competing-to-Win-February-2024-DigitalSpread-Research-Final.pdf
- Competing-to-Win-February-2024-DigitalSpread-Tax-Final.pdf
- Competing-to-Win-February-2024-DigitalSpread-Trade-Final.pdf
- Competing-to-Win-February-2024-DigitalSpread-Transportation-Final.pdf
- Competing-to-Win-February-2024-DigitalSpread-Workforce-Final.pdf
- NAM-Green-Card-Backlog-FINAL.pdf
A Way Forward
FOR NATIONAL SECURITY, ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS AND WORKFORCE REALITIES The future of America’s economy—and manufacturers’ competitiveness—will be determined in part by the future of immigration policy. Over the centuries, generations of immigrants have made the American experiment possible, helping to turn the United States into an exceptional nation and an unrivaled global leader. But while Amer
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Council of Manufacturing Associations
NAM Council of Manufacturing Associations With a membership including 260 national manufacturing trade associations representing 130,000 companies worldwide, the CMA creates partnerships across the industry, amplifies manufacturers’ voices, and connects members to experts and trade association executives. CMA members gain insights, share perspectives, form coalitions, and ensure manufacturers have
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Learn More About the CMA
The Council of Manufacturing Associations (CMA) is made up of over 260 manufacturing trade associations that work together on behalf of manufacturing in the United States. The NAM works with its association partners to promote legislative, regulatory and economic policies that enhance manufacturing, support the professional development of association leaders and provide opportunities to connect wi
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Protect Manufacturing Partnerships
Businesses organized as partnerships in the United States continue to grow in importance. An EY study commissioned by the National Association of Manufacturers highlights how changes in partnership taxation could impact US partnership businesses. A partnership is an unincorporated legal form of organization for a business in which two or more persons or entities join together to conduct business a
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Protect Manufacturing Jobs 25
As Congress and the Administration continue to make progress on negotiations to invest in our nation’s failing infrastructure, the National Association of Manufacturers released a new study detailing the short- and long-term damage to the American economy if the corporate tax rate were raised to 25%, the top marginal tax rate were increased, the 20% pass-through deduction were repealed, certain ex
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coronavirus
An Extension of Your Team In the face of this unprecedented time, the NAM has mobilized to provide relief, 24/7 support for manufacturers–to be the industry’s one-stop-shop for key information to get through this COVID-19 crisis. This page lays out some important resources. As always, members have access to their membership directors for additional assistance and can sign up to receive Input , ou
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coronasurvey
Coronavirus Special Survey The National Association of Manufacturers conducted a survey of its member companies on the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak to manufacturers. The survey was in the field from Feb. 28 to March 9, 2020. The 558 respondents were asked about effects to their supply chain and operations, their financial expectations and their emergency response plans: Already, manufacturers a
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Stand with Manufacturers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpL3bvtkLak What’s Going On The challenge : The EPA has proposed imposing stricter air regulations on U.S. that would not only hurt existing manufacturing facilities but could also jeopardize both American manufacturing competitiveness and current and future investments in innovation, including new clean energy manufacturing, that are critical to addressing climate
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Extension of Your Team
How We Work For You Manufacturers across the country need representation , insights and analysis and dedicated advisors, ready to serve as an extension of your team , that only the NAM provides. Our work is serious, but, as this NAM-membership explainer video shows, we don’t always take ourselves seriously. https://youtu.be/c_BPNDrIXbc What We Provide For more than 125 years, we’ve delivered
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2024 Third Quarter Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey
Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: Third Quarter 2024 The National Association of Manufacturers Q3 2024 Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey highlights uncertainty across several challenges and shows a drop in manufacturing sentiment in the third quarter. The NAM conducted the Q3 2024 Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey Sept. 5–20. Key Findings: In Q3, 62.9% of respondents felt either somewhat or very positive abo
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Natural Gas Study
Introduction and Overview The rapid increase in domestic natural gas (NG) production continues to reshape the U.S. economy and redefine America’s competitive advantages within the global economy, especially within the manufacturing sector. In the continuing effort to understand how a resurgent oil and gas industry impacts broad-based manufacturing, IHS examined how the expansion of NG pipeline inf
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National Impact of a West Coast Port Stoppage
Overview Trade operations at all seaports along the U.S. West Coast are facing great uncertainty. In July 2014, the current labor contract between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and its employer group, the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), expired. In January 2015, a federal mediator was assigned to intervene in contract negotiation talks. As disruptions continue, the eco
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NAM 2018 Annual Report
Keeping Our Promise Our work is centered around four pillars that make our industry strong and America exceptional: free enterprise, competitiveness, individual liberty and equal opportunity . These pillars guide what we do every day; whether it’s standing up for manufacturers in Washington, D.C., inspiring the next generation of manufacturing talent, providing news and intelligence about the ind
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The Economic Benefits of U.S. LNG Exports
By the Numbers The contribution figures below reflect 2023 data. Based on the Department of Energy’s energy outlook without the ban, PwC calculated the at-risk benefits of LNG exports to the economy in 2044. All referenced data are found in the report generated by PwC for the National Association of Manufacturers, “Quantifying America’s Economic and Energy Opportunity through LNG Exports.” VIEW FU
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- LNG-Exports-Flyer-Oct-2024_final.pdf
- Quantifying-Americas-Economic-and-Energy-Opportunity-through-LNG-Exports.pdf
NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: First Quarter 2019
NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: First Quarter 2019 Empowered by tax reform and regulatory certainty, manufacturers are investing in our communities and in our people. Our latest Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey shows nine consecutive quarters of record optimism , with an average of 91.8 percent of manufacturers positive about their own company’s outlook over that time frame, compared to an average
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NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: Second Quarter 2019
NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: Second Quarter 2019 2018 was a banner year for many manufacturers, with optimism reaching an all-time high as recorded in the Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey. In the field during the prospects of tariffs on Mexican goods and still unresolved threat of 232 auto tariffs, the 2019 Second Quarter Survey shows a dip in manufacturers’ optimism amid trade uncertainties. 7
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NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: Third Quarter 2019
NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: Third Quarter 2019 In 2018, manufacturers’ optimism reached an all-time high, according to the NAM’s Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey. For the second consecutive quarter in 2019, the survey shows a significant drop in manufacturers’ optimism amid uncertainties, softening global economy and worsening workforce shortage. A positive outlook for their business was regis
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NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: Fourth Quarter 2019
NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: Fourth Quarter 2019 In 2018, manufacturers’ optimism reached an all-time high, according to the NAM’s Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey. After two consecutive quarters in 2019 showing a significant drop in manufacturers’ optimism amid uncertainties, the fourth quarter survey shows that manufacturing optimism has stabilized with nearly 68% of manufacturers reporting a
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NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: First Quarter 2020
NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: First Quarter 2020 Despite global economic concerns and trade uncertainties in 2019, the latest Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey from the National Association of Manufacturers illustrates the growing optimism in the sector in early 2020—and reinforces the stabilization reported at the end of 2019. In the first quarter of 2020, 75.6% of manufacturing respondents repo
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NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: Second Quarter 2020
NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: Second Quarter 2020 Manufacturers have been severely challenged by demand and business disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting recession. Despite finding levels of sentiment rivaling the Great Recession, the National Association of Manufacturers’ survey also found that operations continue at the vast majority of manufacturing firms. In the seco
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NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: Fourth Quarter 2020
NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: Fourth Quarter 2020 The National Association of Manufacturers has released its fourth-quarter Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey, which shows a strong rebound since COVID-19 disrupted business in the spring. In the fourth-quarter survey, 74.2% of respondents said they were either somewhat or very positive about the outlook for their company. That number is a noticeabl
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NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: First Quarter 2021
NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: First Quarter 2021 After plummeting sharply last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the global recession, manufacturing activity has rebounded sharply, with the sector being a bright spot in the economy in recent months. Manufacturing production is likely to exceed pre-pandemic levels in the next couple months, and employment in the sector has risen in all but
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NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: Second Quarter 2021
NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: Second Quarter 2021 Manufacturing activity plummeted sharply as businesses grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic and the global recession in the spring of 2020, but the sector has bounced back sharply since then. Now manufacturing production is likely to exceed pre-pandemic levels in the third quarter of 2021, with robust sales buoyed by pent-up demand, fiscal and
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NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: Third Quarter 2021
NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: Third Quarter 2021 Manufacturing activity remains robust, especially demand, with the U.S. and global economy continuing to rebound from the sizable declines in spring 2020. Real GDP and manufacturing production now exceed pre-pandemic levels, which is encouraging. And yet, significant challenges remain, including supply chain disruptions, worker shortages and so
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NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: Fourth Quarter 2021
NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: Fourth Quarter 2021 Manufacturing activity remains robust, especially demand, with the U.S. and global economy continuing to rebound from the sizable declines in spring 2020. And yet, significant challenges remain, including supply chain disruptions, worker shortages and soaring costs. The Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey for the fourth quarter of 2021 found 86.8% o
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NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: First Quarter 2022
NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: First Quarter 2022 Demand for manufactured goods remains strong despite a multitude of headwinds in the global economy. The challenge for manufacturing firms has been in meeting that demand, with sizable hurdles from supply chain disruptions, workforce shortages, soaring costs and COVID-19. The labor market remains tight, with job growth in the sector in 2021 ris
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NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: Second Quarter 2022
NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: Second Quarter 2022 The National Association of Manufacturers Q2 2022 Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey shows manufacturers’ significant concerns around recession, inflation, hiring and China competition legislation. The NAM conducted the survey May 17–31, 2022. Key Findings: Despite ongoing economic headwinds, manufacturers remain largely optimistic, with 82.6% of r
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NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: Third Quarter 2022
NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: Third Quarter 2022 The National Association of Manufacturers Q3 2022 Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey shows mixed results around a challenging economic environment, inflation, supply chains and the workforce. The NAM conducted the survey Aug. 16–30, 2022. Key Findings: 78.3% of manufacturing leaders listed supply chain disruptions as a primary business challenge wit
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NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: Fourth Quarter 2022
NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: Fourth Quarter 2022 The National Association of Manufacturers Q4 2022 Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey shows manufacturers’ concerns around a challenging economic environment characterized by inflation, supply chain disruption and the workforce crisis. The NAM conducted the survey Nov. 29 – Dec. 13, 2022. Key Findings: 62.4% of manufacturing leaders believed that th
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NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: First Quarter 2023
NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: First Quarter 2023 The National Association of Manufacturers Q1 2023 Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey shows manufacturers’ concerns around key tax, trade, permitting and regulatory proposals. The NAM conducted the survey from Feb. 21 to March 7, 2023. Key Findings: Of companies that are engaged in international trade, nearly two-thirds of manufacturers said that Eur
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NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: Second Quarter 2023
NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: Second Quarter 2023 The National Association of Manufacturers Q2 2023 Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey shows manufacturers’ mounting concerns over the onslaught of unbalanced federal regulations and the threat that poses to sustaining manufacturing investment, job creation and wage growth. The NAM conducted the survey from May 18 to June 1, 2023. Key Findings: Only
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NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: Third Quarter 2023
NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: Third Quarter 2023 The National Association of Manufacturers Q3 2023 Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey shows manufacturers’ with the lowest level of optimism among NAM members (65.1%) since Q2 2020. The sector continues to confront a tight labor market, unbalanced federal regulations and critical policy debates in Congress. The NAM conducted the survey from August 17
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NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: Fourth Quarter 2023
NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: Fourth Quarter 2023 The National Association of Manufacturers Q4 2023 Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey shows that small companies with fewer than 50 employees and medium-sized firms with between 50 and 499 employees, which make up a vast majority of the sector, continued to have historically lower levels of optimism with 65.9% and 63.0% positivity rates in Q4, respe
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2024 First Quarter Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey
NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: First Quarter 2024 The National Association of Manufacturers Q1 2024 Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey shows that the expiration of federal tax incentives related to R&D, interest deductibility and expensing for capital investments has already caused nearly 40% of respondents to pull back on hiring and investing due to increased taxes. The latest data show that two-t
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2024 Second Quarter Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey
NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: Second Quarter 2024 The National Association of Manufacturers Q2 2024 Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey highlights the immediate need for Congress to take action to prevent tax increases that will limit the industry’s ability to create jobs, support their communities and compete in the global economy. The NAM conducted the survey from May 14 to June 3, 2024. Key Find
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2024 Third Quarter Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey
NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: Third Quarter 2024 The National Association of Manufacturers Q3 2024 Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey highlights uncertainty across several challenges and shows a drop in manufacturing sentiment in the third quarter. The NAM conducted the Q3 2024 Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey Sept. 5–20. Key Findings: In Q3, 62.9% of respondents felt either somewhat or very positive
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2024 Fourth Quarter Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey
NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: Fourth Quarter 2024 The National Association of Manufacturers Q4 2024 Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey illustrates that even with ongoing economic challenges, manufacturers are more optimistic post-election about potential action on expiring tax provisions and efforts to curb the regulatory onslaught. According to the latest reading, 70.9% of respondents are posit
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2025 First Quarter Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey
NAM Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: First Quarter 2025 The National Association of Manufacturers Q1 2025 Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey reveals growing concerns over trade uncertainties and increased raw material costs. Trade uncertainties surged to the top of manufacturers’ challenges, cited by 76.2% of respondents, jumping 20 percentage points from Q4 2024 and 40 percentage points from Q3 of las
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2025 Second Quarter Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey
Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey: Second Quarter 2025 The National Association of Manufacturers Q2 2025 Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey reveals optimism among manufacturers across the country has dropped sharply. Only 55.4% of respondents report a positive outlook for their companies—a nearly 15-percentage-point drop from Q1 and the lowest level since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Q2 of 2020
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NAM 2019 Annual Report
Action. Progress. Results. Membership in the National Association of Manufacturers has never offered a better return on investment. In 2019, the NAM delivered for manufacturers on all fronts—advocacy, workforce development, legal action, operational excellence and news and insights. The accomplishments and milestones are captured in the 2019 Annual Report. While NAM members usually expect a hard c
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Employer Sponsored Coverage
Overview Healthcare spending continues to be one of the top issues for manufacturers and small businesses. Insurance premiums have risen for many firms, and provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have exacerbated such increases for some businesses, particularly small and medium-sized entities. Despite such frustrations with pricing pressures, manufacturers see the benefits of offering health
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Economic Impact of Proposed EPA Regulation (Revised)
Overview On December 17, 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed tightening the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ozone from 75 parts per billion (ppb) to between 65–70 ppb. The EPA is expected to issue a final rule by October 2015. NAM Study Confirms Rule Could Be Costliest in U.S. History An August 2015 update to a study by NERA Economic Consulting, commissioned
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Potential Economic Impacts of a Stricter Ozone Standard
Overview A new study by NERA Economic Consulting and commissioned by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) reveals that a new ozone regulation from the Obama Administration could cost $270 billion per year and place millions of jobs at risk. This would be the most expensive regulation ever imposed on the American public.1 In December 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will l
