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Big Bang for Independence Day - A Signal of Shifting Supply Chains
Will supply chain and logistics challenges get in the way of Independence Day festivities? U.S. fireworks imports have likely reached a new record high in 2022, including earlier shipping than in previous years to avoid logistics congestion. The unusually precise deadline also…
Dealing with a Downturn - EU Logistics Pressure Matrix
Dealing with a Downturn - EU Logistics Pressure Matrix
EU Logistics Pressure Matrix
Flexport’s EU Logistics Pressure Matrix (LPM) gathers eight data points in an attempt to provide a picture of the challenges facing logistics networks from the demand side and a view of ongoing activity on US-inbound routes.
Front Runner, Slow Progress - Flexport Weekly Economic Report
The Bank of England has been at the forefront of tightening monetary policy with the first rate rise made in December. So far inflation and the housing market have yet to respond, though consumer spending is falling. More tightening may be ahead - the last time CPI was at 9.1%,…
Tech Stops, Energy Flows - Sanctions Impact on Russian Trade
This report reviews data from third-party countries to assess the impact of sanctions on Russian trade and finds that Russia’s trade with the EU, China and the U.S. fell by 13% sequentially in April vs. March and by 4% sequentially. Looking ahead the transformation of global…
Taking the Long View - Flexport Weekly Economic Report
The big news of the week was the U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision to hike the Fed Funds rate by 75 basis points. The transmission mechanism by which this hits the broader economy tends to be longer-duration bond rates, which have risen dramatically. The effect on the economy…
Accidents and Precedents - Corporate Inventories Soar
This report gathers over a decade of data on corporate inventory to sales ratios from over 1,400 companies. We find that inventories in Q1’22 climbed by 13% year over year while sales rose by just 6%. There are at least six different reasons for that disparity, ranging from…
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