supplychaindisruptions

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On today's podcast:
(1) The 1.6 mile-long Baltimore bridge collapsed in a matter of seconds. The catastrophic consequences are set to stretch out for weeks.

(2) Japan stepped closer to currency intervention with its strongest warning yet as the yen slid to the weakest level in about 34 years against the dollar.

(3) As many as 8 million UK workers are at risk of losing their jobs to artificial intelligence with current government policy, the Institute for Public Policy Research warned.

(4) Cocoa futures surged above an unprecedented $10,000 a metric ton on Tuesday before erasing gains and taking a breather from a historic rally that has seen prices of the key chocolate ingredient double this year.

(5) Betting against former president Donald Trump's social media startup is one of the most difficult and expensive short trades in the market, according to financial analytics firm S3 Partners.

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Earlier this year, Odd Lots talked about the idea of companies taking advantage of bottlenecks and other disruptions to raise their prices. Since then, the notion of this type of corporate-led inflation has burst into the public discourse with central bankers and politicians all taking a closer look. But how does this type of inflation differ from more traditional economic interpretations of prices, and what are the implications for monetary and economic policy? In this episode, we talk once again to Isabella Weber, the UMass-Amherst economics professor who dubbed this phenomenon "sellers' inflation" in a paper published earlier this year. She talks about how the way we think about inflation is changing and her own experience of seeing public attitudes shift in real time.

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