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  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    UnhedgedRobert Armstrong
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    The Fed’s big swing at inflation

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  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
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    Recent crises such as the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have thrown the vulnerability of supply chains, and with them, food supplies, into sharp focus

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    Equipment hire group reports revenue rise but shares fall as concerns over economic growth mount

  • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
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    US tech group asks suppliers to build up extra inventory as contingency plan

  • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
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    Global economic forces are playing havoc with stock — and complicating the household debate over getting a new console

  • Sunday, 5 June, 2022
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    The cost of complexity in supply chains

    Powerful middlemen distort global markets and drain revenues

  • Wednesday, 1 June, 2022
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    Shift away from China will protect tech company against political interference

  • Wednesday, 1 June, 2022
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    Smart factories need smarter cyber defence

    Manufacturers’ complex supply chains and connected machinery add risk

  • Tuesday, 31 May, 2022
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    Airbus jet production boost tests health of straining supply chain

    Ramp-up in manufacturing rates comes at critical time for aviation as it emerges from pandemic

  • Monday, 30 May, 2022
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    Tight fuel supplies at key hubs and pick-up in global demand are boosting crude prices

  • Friday, 27 May, 2022
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    The bullwhip effect, redux Premium content

    Will inventories become a global economic problem?

  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    Rachman Review podcast24 min listen
    Ukraine and the global food emergency

    WFP warns Odesa port blockade could have dire consequences

  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    Special ReportAfrica’s Fastest Growing Companies
    Digital delivery transforms trade for Africa’s stallholders

    Technology and a ‘few to many’ model are reinventing the informal sector’s supply chain

  • Sunday, 22 May, 2022
    InterviewSemiconductors
    Chip supplier says China will struggle to develop advanced technology

    Japanese semiconductor materials maker JSR warns Beijing lacks necessary infrastructure to catch up

  • Sunday, 22 May, 2022
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    Global tensions strain weak links in tech supply chains

    Business leaders and students must prepare for disruption to people and parts

  • Sunday, 22 May, 2022
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    Davos and the new deglobalisation

    Technological progress suggests the turn from globalisation can bring benefits as well as challenges

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    Higher prices stun consumers while cost and inventory pressures hit chains in dismal week

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    The truckers who keep our world moving

    On the road across Europe, Horatio Clare battles bureaucracy, bad drivers and zealous police to deliver cargo to Ukraine

  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
    US companies boost capital spending to tackle supply bottlenecks

    Investment by S&P 500 members increases 20% as ‘deglobalisation’ thesis wins adherents

  • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
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    US baby formula crisis highlights risk of reshoring

    Protectionism and government contracts left a critical industry dangerously dependent on only a few suppliers

  • Sunday, 15 May, 2022
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    UK manufacturers ‘reshore’ supply chains after pandemic and Brexit

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    Shanghai lockdown exposes global supply chain strains

    Knock-on effects from disruptions in China could hit ports in Europe and the US when sea freight starts moving again

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
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