The Chilling Things US Manufacturers Said about the Everything Shortage, Demand, Prices, and Supply Chain Chaos by Wolf Richter • Nov 1, 2021 • 158 Comments Can’t meet demand due to shortages of labor, components, and materials. And facing soaring input costs, they’re jacking up prices at record pace.
Hit by Shortages, Vehicle & Parts Production Plunged to Lowest since Lockdown. Oil & Gas Has New Script by Wolf Richter • Oct 18, 2021 • 141 Comments Industrial production over the long term is a sad sight, powered by offshoring.
World Runs Out of Weirdest Stuff: The WOLF STREET Beer Mug Shortage by Wolf Richter • Sep 18, 2021 • 160 Comments “Nothing Goes to Heck in a Straight Line,” except supply chains.
Semiconductor Shortages amid Record Semiconductor Sales? It’s a Mess Out There by Wolf Richter • Aug 30, 2021 • 138 Comments The explosion of demand that cannot be filled in the most monstrously overstimulated economy and markets ever.
New Vehicle Sales Slammed by Semiconductor Shortage, Record Low Inventories, Beginnings of Buyers’ Strike by Wolf Richter • Aug 4, 2021 • 147 Comments Frustrated by lack of choice and puffed-up prices, many customers walked.
The Weird Phenomena of “Labor Shortages” While 7.1 Million Fewer People Are Working by Wolf Richter • Jul 2, 2021 • 348 Comments The #1 weird phenomenon: The labor force.
Global Steel Production: China Blows the Socks off the Rest of the World, US Production Plunges by Wolf Richter • Jun 3, 2021 • 193 Comments The annual steel report is out.
SoftBank-Funded Silicon Valley Unicorn Katerra, which was to “Transform” the Construction Industry, Collapses by Wolf Richter • Jun 1, 2021 • 90 Comments Thousands of workers laid off. $2.2 billion up in smoke. 2nd SoftBank unicorn to collapse this year before getting to the IPO or SPAC window, after Greensill, which it helped take down.
Semiconductor Shortage Bites: Ford Cuts Q2 Production by 50% by Wolf Richter • Apr 28, 2021 • 114 Comments Industry-wide issue “may not be fully resolved until 2022”
Blocked Suez Canal Adding to Container Shortages, Supply Chain Snarls, Component Shortages for Manufacturers by Wolf Richter • Mar 25, 2021 • 182 Comments Exactly at the worst possible time. Ripple effects to be felt for months.
