(Natural News) The official inflation numbers, which are skewed to make the situation appear better than it actually is, have reached the highest levels in 40 years. At 8.6 percent officially – the real figure using old calculation methods is easily in the double digits – inflation is killing what remains of America’s middle class. […]

(Natural News) Just a few months ago, consumer demand was through the roof and shipping containers were having a difficult time reaching some ports and offloading their goods due to residual Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) restrictions. Now, the opposite situation is unfolding as nobody wants to buy much of anything anymore. Chalk it up to inflation […]

(Natural News) Inventory is piling up at many of the nation’s largest big-box retailers as overinflated consumer markets take a major tumble. Target, Walmart, Amazon and others are now sitting on way too many things that nobody wants, reports indicate, which is sending “bad vibes,” to quote Vox‘s Emily Stewart, into the economy. “More and […]

(Natural News) Another sign of how rising interest rates are deflating markets that boomed during the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic can be seen in lumber prices, which have started crashing down. Wood prices were a leading indicator of the supply chain problems and inflation following the pandemic lockdowns. Prices shot up in the summer of […]

(Natural News) In order to get food from farm to fork, and consumer goods of all kinds from factory to retail store, big-rig trucks must constantly traverse the country. What happens, though, when truckers can no longer get the diesel and diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) they need to keep their trucks running? This is a […]

(Natural News) Americans are waking up to more expensive goods and services as the economy bounces back from COVID-19. Because of this, many are now rethinking their spending habits to get the most out of their dollars. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) asked some Americans about the changes they have made in response to higher […]

(Natural News) Tyson, the largest meat producer in the United States, is about to increase prices for chicken, beef and pork. For over a year, the company refrained from raising their prices, even as inflation put pressure on their quarterly earnings. Now the company has no choice but increase their prices by between 19-38 percent. […]

(Natural News) As America and the rest of the world continues to resume normal operations after the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, businesses across the country struggle to acquire major consumer goods like chicken, lumber and microchips. The pandemic also resulted in countless reports of shortages across the supply chain, from shipping, demand, supply and other levels of the global […]

(Natural News) Much of China is struggling without power as the communist government rations electricity and effectively cuts off the supply of export goods that rely on this energy in order to be produced. Amid ongoing Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) supply chain problems, the world’s cheap junk supplier, China, is churning out even fewer microchips, iPhones […]

(Natural News) On Oct. 6, Tuesday, a congressional panel challenged one of Amazon’s defenses against antitrust scrutiny of its retail dominance. The panel also discussed charges about how Amazon wrongfully uses its market power. Amazon dominates U.S. e-commerce In the report, the Democratic-led House Antitrust Subcommittee disputed Amazon’s assertions that its share of total U.S. retail shopping “is […]