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A New Barometer of Global Supply Chain Pressures

Gianluca Benigno, Julian di Giovanni, Jan J. J. Groen, and Adam I. Noble | Liberty Street Economics | 01/04/2022

Supply chain disruptions have become a major challenge for the global economy since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Factory shutdowns (particularly in Asia) and widespread lockdowns and mobility restrictions…

Supply Chain Disruptions — Are We Done Yet?

Jon Gold | National Retail Federation | 12/20/2021

We are less than one week from Christmas and the recurring questi...

O Christmas Tree, Fake Christmas Tree, How Tariffed Are Thy Imports?

Christine McDaniel | Mercatus Center | 12/08/2021

The odds are that your artificial Christmas...

More Regulation Will Not Improve Port Efficiency

Gabriella Beaumont‐​Smith | Cato Institute | 11/16/2021

Recent U.S. port bottlenecks have revealed myriad sys...

Supply Chain Tensions Ease as Focus Turns to Inflation, Climate

John W. Miller | Trade Data Monitor | 11/09/2021

The manufacture and shipping of essential goods f...

Defining Success for MC12

Alan Wm. Wolff | Peterson Institute for International Economics | 10/29/2021

The future well-being of the world economy and amicable rel...

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

William Reinsch | Center for Strategic and International Studies | 10/25/2021

One of my less successful efforts over the past yea...

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