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  • Wednesday, 6 July, 2022
    Trade SecretsAlan Beattie
    The big risks to America in bringing supply chains home

    The infant formula and Covid vaccine crises show the perils of self-sufficiency

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  • Wednesday, 6 July, 2022
    Inside BusinessPeggy Hollinger
    Europe’s carmakers will still need suppliers to realise their electric dreams

    Tempers are running high over surging costs and the transition to greener vehicles

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    UnhedgedRobert Armstrong
    Supply won’t save us Premium content

    Plus, more on bond yields and Italian debt

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    Behind the Money podcast20 min listen
    The Fed’s big swing at inflation

    What does the recent interest rate increase mean for the economy and for investors?

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    News in-depth3 min
    Can we avoid climate-related food shocks? | FT Food Revolution

    Recent crises such as the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have thrown the vulnerability of supply chains, and with them, food supplies, into sharp focus

  • Monday, 20 June, 2022
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    Summer Books 2022

    From politics, economics and history to art, food and, of course, fiction — FT writers and critics choose their favourite reads of the year so far

  • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
    Ashtead Group PLC
    Ashtead benefits as supply constraints boost rental market

    Equipment hire group reports revenue rise but shares fall as concerns over economic growth mount

  • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
    Apple Inc
    Apple to shift some iPad production to Vietnam amid China supply chain woes

    US tech group asks suppliers to build up extra inventory as contingency plan

  • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
    FT MagazineLeo Lewis
    My fight with my family over a PS5

    Global economic forces are playing havoc with stock — and complicating the household debate over getting a new console

  • Sunday, 5 June, 2022
    Rana Foroohar
    The cost of complexity in supply chains

    Powerful middlemen distort global markets and drain revenues

  • Wednesday, 1 June, 2022
    LexApple Inc
    Apple iPads: Vietnamese switch will fortify a vulnerable supply chain Premium content

    Shift away from China will protect tech company against political interference

  • Wednesday, 1 June, 2022
    Special ReportNavigating Cyber Risk
    Smart factories need smarter cyber defence

    Manufacturers’ complex supply chains and connected machinery add risk

  • Tuesday, 31 May, 2022
    Aircraft manufacturing
    Airbus jet production boost tests health of straining supply chain

    Ramp-up in manufacturing rates comes at critical time for aviation as it emerges from pandemic

  • Monday, 30 May, 2022
    Oil
    Oil breaches $120 a barrel as petrol and diesel prices soar

    Tight fuel supplies at key hubs and pick-up in global demand are boosting crude prices

  • Friday, 27 May, 2022
    UnhedgedRobert Armstrong
    The bullwhip effect, redux Premium content

    Will inventories become a global economic problem?

  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    Rachman Review podcast24 min listen
    Ukraine and the global food emergency

    WFP warns Odesa port blockade could have dire consequences

  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    Special ReportAfrica’s Fastest Growing Companies
    Digital delivery transforms trade for Africa’s stallholders

    Technology and a ‘few to many’ model are reinventing the informal sector’s supply chain

  • Sunday, 22 May, 2022
    InterviewSemiconductors
    Chip supplier says China will struggle to develop advanced technology

    Japanese semiconductor materials maker JSR warns Beijing lacks necessary infrastructure to catch up

  • Sunday, 22 May, 2022
    Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan
    Global tensions strain weak links in tech supply chains

    Business leaders and students must prepare for disruption to people and parts

  • Sunday, 22 May, 2022
    Rana Foroohar
    Davos and the new deglobalisation

    Technological progress suggests the turn from globalisation can bring benefits as well as challenges

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
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    How retail stocks went from ‘recessionary playbook’ to market casualty

    Higher prices stun consumers while cost and inventory pressures hit chains in dismal week

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    The Weekend Essay
    The truckers who keep our world moving

    On the road across Europe, Horatio Clare battles bureaucracy, bad drivers and zealous police to deliver cargo to Ukraine

  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
    US companies boost capital spending to tackle supply bottlenecks

    Investment by S&P 500 members increases 20% as ‘deglobalisation’ thesis wins adherents

  • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
    Brooke Masters
    US baby formula crisis highlights risk of reshoring

    Protectionism and government contracts left a critical industry dangerously dependent on only a few suppliers

  • Sunday, 15 May, 2022
    UK manufacturing
    UK manufacturers ‘reshore’ supply chains after pandemic and Brexit

    Just-in-time processes break down after increased delays caused by successive economic shocks

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