inflation
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News
Inflation and stock sell-offs — The Stockout
On this episode of The Stockout, Mike Baudendistel explores rising prices and the threat of inflation as stocks plummet.
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Maritime
Container shipping spot rates just spiked yet again
The situation for importers is getting even more dire. Already extreme container rates are ascending to even higher peaks.
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News
Is inflation threatening economic recovery? — Freightonomics
On this episode of Freightonomics, Anthony Smith and Zach Strickland discuss whether inflation could pose a threat to a recovering U.S. economy.
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Infographics
Daily Infographic: Shipping Rates & Inflation
A comparison of U.S. annual inflation rates to Freightos daily shipping rates over the course of two years
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Media
What’s the next retailer domino to fall?
The odds are more iconic retail brands will declare bankruptcy in 2020
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Economics
Commentary: Inflation is dead – and technology killed it!
Donald Broughton writes a thought-provoking commentary about how technology has killed inflation.
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Economics
Trucking rates gain, but continue to face headwinds
Producer price data shows that trucking rates made some gains in June, but much of this was likely driven by seasonality
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News
Long-distance truckload rates continue to slide in the second quarter
Industry detail from the Producer Price Index showed rates in trucking increased modestly, though long-distance truckload rates continued to decline.
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Economics
Federal Reserve says no rate hikes, 2.1% GDP growth in 2019
Fed downgrades GDP growth projections, cancels rate hikes, stops balance sheet runoff, but “economic fundamentals are strong.”
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Economics
Barry Bannister, Stifel’s prophet of doom
Stifel’s head of equity strategy thinks the stock market will be weak for the next decade and that the federal government will default on debt…
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