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Eric Hovde: “Today about 2/3 of our economy is driven by services.”

Featuring: Eric Hovde, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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2025 Sunwest Bank Economic Forum with Eric Hovde

Published | Video Starts at 24:29

So as you can see, manufacturing has been below 50 or just bump up once in a blue moon to the 50 mark. Conversely, services have stayed above 50 and expansion. Now Today about 2/3 of our economy is driven by services. If you went back 50 years ago, that would have been flipped. Manufacturing would have been about 2/3 of our economy. All right, the stock market, the biggest bubble yet. (24:29–24:34)

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Asserts that two-thirds of the current economy is driven by the service sector.

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