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The Coronavirus Is Shattering Traditional Supply Chains

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Retail shops and eateries everywhere saw their business drop off precipitously. And even if an order from an overseas supplier were to be filled, delivery issues would be compounded by the declining number of air and ocean freight options to move products into the U.S. A retailer will have empty shelves.

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Government Contracts Inflation Update

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8] Additionally, “[t]he PPI program covers approximately 72 percent of the service sector’s output[.]” [9] The PPI focus is at the wholesale (not retail) level. CPI may be more useful for some commercial products and services, because pricing for those contracts is more closely connected to consumer supply and demand.