How War in Ukraine Drives Up Inflation at U.S. Farms, Supermarkets, Retailers
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has set the stage for faster-rising consumer prices, with the mayhem of wardriving up manufacturing costs for food, consumer goods and machinery in places far from the battlefield.
The conflict is stressing an already strained global supply chain, and its economic impact will likely be felt in households world-wide, at supermarkets, retailers and the gas pump. While higher costs will take time to work their way from producers to consumers, executives and analysts expect the war’s fallout to worsen inflation already stoked...
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