SNEAK PEEK
If I had to predict the word that will best capture 2025, my guess would certainly be: "uncertainty". Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year was "polarization", also "demure", "fortnight" (thanks to Taylor Swift), and "weird" (thanks Tim Walz). But this year, all we can seem to talk about so far is uncertainty. It’s a continued theme of the Trump administration, with the President ramping uncertainty up and down with frequent tariff talks. He’s taken some recent actions that could have broad implications for manufacturing, but right now everyone is still waiting to see how it all shakes out. Yes, we’re still uncertain.
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