>"Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said India has a singular _...Read More_

>"Germany must reduce natural gas consumption and increase the burning of coal in order to help fill gas storage facilities for next winter, German _...Read More_

"Faced with its worst Covid-19 outbreak yet, China has been enforcing an expanding number of mass quarantines, strict lockdowns and border controls. The measures may yet work, but official data released on Monday show they are exacting a _...Read More_

"As shipping companies concentrate on the most lucrative routes from China to California, almond growers are struggling to transport their wares."

"The coronavirus pandemic and its ripple effects have snarled supply chains around the world, contributing to shipping backlogs, product shortages and the fastest inflation in decades."

"The russian invasion of Ukraine and a series of COVID-related shutdowns in China do not, on the surface, appear to have much in common. Yet both are accelerating a shift that is taking the world in a dangerous direction, splitting it into _...Read More_

[https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/15/politics/supply-chain-crunch-new-white-house-initiative/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/15/politics/supply-chain-crunch-new-white-house-initiative/index.html) "The Biden White House, trying to expand its limited supply of inflation-fighting tools, will on Tuesday unveil a new one."

CNN: FDA doubles dosage of Covid-19 monoclonal antibody, raising concerns about access and supply. >"The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday _...Read More_

>"President Joe Biden will meet Tuesday with California Gov. Gavin Newsom, administration officials and industry representatives to announce new investments in the domestic production of minerals and materials crucial to creating a wide _...Read More_

"Over the past two years, as the Federal Reserve fought to rescue the economy from the clutches of the coronavirus, the central bank’s emergency remedies increased the nation’s money supply by an astonishing 40 percent."

"The overall 2021 increase in the gross domestic product was the biggest in decades as the pandemic’s effects eased, though challenges continue."

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"Increased demand for the semiconductors that power cars, electronics and electrical grids have stoked inflation and could cause more factory shutdowns in the United States."

"Manufacturers and other buyers of computer chips had less than five days’ supply of some chips on hand late last year, leaving them vulnerable to any disruptions in deliveries, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday as it pushed Congress _...Read More_

The price increases bedeviling consumers, businesses and policymakers worldwide have prompted a heated debate in Washington about how much of today’s rapid inflation is a result of policy choices in the United States and how much stems from _...Read More_