http://blog.nema.org/blogs/currents/archive/2009/06/19/the-tough-times-continue.aspxWe can now clearly say that this is the manufacturing sector's deepest downturn since the dark days of the Great Depression (see the charts below for evidence). While the blood-letting will probably continue for some time, a few regional Fed surveysenCommunityServer 2008.5 (Debug Build: 30929.2835)