In today’s briefing:
- Tougher Outlook for Big-Ticket Consumer Items While US Corporations Resort to Old Habits
Tougher Outlook for Big-Ticket Consumer Items While US Corporations Resort to Old Habits
- Rising inflationary pressures since the COVID-19 pandemic have reflected both excessive demand and cost-push forces. US housing has experienced these influences. Higher mortgage rates will cool enthusiasm towards real estate
- Armed conflict between Russia and the Ukraine could significantly delay the recovery for global automotive activity in the realms of sales and production due to component supply chains being imperilled.
- US corporations have returned to the habits of the late-1970s by responding to rising unit labour costs by raising selling prices to preserve operating margins.
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