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uhsguy  ·  1142 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: America Is Running Out of Everything

I think we’re going to see a second wave of shortages. All the back up part inventory had been used up and capacity to build stuff has not caught up to demand so we’re out of buffer.

You can see this in supply chains everywhere, inventory of critical parts isn’t getting replenished. It’s not everywhere but there are enough critical bits that are running out that production bottle necks are popping up and causing problems in adjacent industries.

Labor shortage is real too, that’s going to be our mechanism for inflation because suddenly wages have become unstuck and labor has some negotiation power