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instead they are taking the long way round from asia to europe and around the cape of good hope. thats an extra 3500 nautical miles, or up to two weeks sailing, adding as much as a million dollars per ship in fuel alone. maersk ceo vincent clark told the bbc�*s aaron heslehurst that these extra costs are already being passed onto consumers. this is one of the most important arteries of global trade and having to re—route all of this cargo now south of the cape of good hope is going...

During the post-COVID-19 period, a surge in global inflation led to unprecedented fluctuations, with savings-oriented behaviors less prevalent than in...

The global recession caused by the pandemic in early 2020 led to a widespread collapse in commodity prices. The collapse was followed by a synchronized sharp rebound in prices.

Factories and then getting it to where it will eventually be sold. there is a lot of transport links in that and distribution, maybe it goes to retail shelves, maybe it goes to a factory, you know, widget to help them make more widgets or maybe it comes to your home in an e-commerce parcel. >> why are there shortages on everything from manpower, why is that all in sync and dwindling supply? >> well, as you recall back to the early days of the pandemic, when covid first hit on a global scale we g...

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“ No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as any manner of thy friends or of thine own were; any mans death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind. And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.” John Donne The COVID-19 pandemic had a drastic impact in 2020. Based on the update to the IMF’s October...