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Chart showing the ISM Manufacturing Prices Paid Index spiking to a four-year high.
Global Trade & Tariffs

Manufacturing Costs Spike, But Factories Still Chugging Along

Oil prices are up. Shipping costs are up. Everything is up. Yet, here we are, with US manufacturing stubbornly refusing to fold. It’s a confusing picture.

3 min read 2 hours ago
Chart of surging air freight rates and declining Middle East capacity amid conflict
Logistics & Freight

Air Freight Stays Volatile Despite Ceasefire Hopes

Air freight's nowhere near normal. Ceasefire or not, sky-high fuel and rerouted networks keep rates surging and capacity strained.

4 min read 2 weeks, 6 days ago

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