Manufacturing forecast for Sunshine State: gloomy

At least we’re not New York or New Mexico.

That’s a gallows humor approach to a new national study from the Ball State Center for Business and Economic Research and Conexus Indiana on manufacturing and logistics. The Sunshine State scored a D in manufacturing industry health, one of nine states to barely pass. New York and New Mexico — along with Nevada, Alaska and Hawaii — were given an F grade. Florida did a little bit better in logistics, earning a C.