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Container shipping rates spike as the conflicts in the Red Sea escalate
Forum Tag : Inflation
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09 May 2023How the CPI and FED Funds Rate work together to influence the ocean and airfreight market?
High CPI will reduce consumptions of unnecessary goods and at the same time force FED to increase the interest rate level to suppress the overheated economy. Either way, the ocean freight and airfreight market will also remain low level because there will
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13 Apr 2023Impact of Inflation on Logistics Industry
After the lift of pandemic restriction in China, the economy began to recover, driving the need for increasing of goods in supply chain around Asian market, also driving the demand for transport
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05 Jan 2023Trends of Supply chain in 2023
With inflation at its highest level in years, affecting the volume of imports and exports around the globe and the world economy.
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19 Dec 2022The pessimistic international trade and economic growth in 2023 will continue to affect the shipping market
For the shipping market in 2023, on the one hand, it has to fight against the sharp drop in cargo volume caused by the continued global economic downturn and inflationary pressure, and on the other hand, it has to be busy solving the issue of high capacit
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01 Dec 2022Decrease consumption in major markets due to Inflation remains high in Europe and U.S. and layoffs continue in the technology sector . So far, it is difficult to find signs of peak season in the air freight market
The traditional Chinese New Year booming is not expected
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16 Nov 2022Inflation remains high in USA, retailers trying to clear inventories even the year-end sales season approaches.
Retailers cancelling orders, causing a sharp drop in global trade growth and stalling factory production
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25 Feb 2022Inflation remains high, and the "Five Eyes" alliance has finally launched an international anti-monopoly investigation into whether shipping lines are involved in "cartel" behavior.
Have shipping lines been walking across the red line ? Fears of up to seven years in prison if involved in anti-competitive cartel conduct.
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06 Dec 2021US Federal Trade Commission investigates supply chain disruption
The supply chain interrupted by the pandemic is a major factor in the inflation that consumers are seeing now
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16 Nov 2021FCL rate reference and airfreight market rate reference in Week 46
Bidenflation makes USA government to use political tool to influence the ocean and airfreight rate but rate doesn’t fall again as expected
