As of 2025, about half of the coins produced at the U.S. Mints in Philadelphia and Denver over the preceding century were 1-cent coins (pennies).
November 12, 2025
high
temporal
Share of penny production relative to total coin output at two major U.S. mints over a ~100-year period.
A large share of consumer toys are manufactured in China.
October 23, 2025
high
geographic
Baseline manufacturing geography for the toy industry.
Tariff policy can be designed to incentivize domestic vehicle manufacturing by imposing duties on imported vehicles and parts while offering credits to manufacturers that import parts for use in domestic assembly, with credit amounts tied to the proportion of parts imported.
high
policy_mechanism
Governments use tariffs and targeted credit mechanisms to influence sourcing and encourage domestic production.
Metal fragments found in processed food products can originate from production equipment such as conveyor belts.
high
causal
Mechanical wear or failure of production-line equipment can introduce physical contaminants into food products.
Developers of Collaborative Combat Aircraft may pursue mass-producible designs that use commercial off-the-shelf engines and parts manufacturable by many suppliers to reduce production complexity and cost compared with traditional fighter jets.
high
design_practice
Describes a manufacturing and cost-reduction approach for unmanned combat aircraft programs.
The Consumer Brands Association states that manufacturers of major U.S. consumer brands source approximately 90% of their ingredients and inputs from American farms and suppliers.
medium
sourcing
Trade group claim about the domestic sourcing share for ingredients and inputs used by large U.S. consumer brands.