The recent holiday season saw delays and cancellations in air travel, which some say was primarily due to shortages in air-traffic controllers and the impact of private jets. A group representing major passenger airlines has urged the government to intervene in order to ease the situation. Airlines for America, which represents Delta Air Lines, United […]
President Joe Biden on Monday invoked a Cold War-era measure aimed at boosting investment in U.S. manufacturing of medicines and medical supplies necessary for national defense. President Biden used the first meeting of his supply chain resilience council to boast about his administration’s efforts to improve supply chains upended by the COVID-19 pandemic and help […]
Two judges extended voting times at Mississippi polling places on Tuesday night after ballot shortages were reported. In the first case, Hinds County Chancery Judge Dewayne Thomas ordered the extension, citing a number of disruptions caused by the ballot shortages. On Tuesday, the Mississippi Democratic Party filed an emergency petition with the court to keep […]
U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pension holds a hearing at 10:00 a.m. ET on Feb. 16 on the health care workforce shortage. University of New England at Biddeford, ME, President James Herbert; Meharry Medical College at Nashville, Tenn., President, and CEO James E.K. Hildreth Sr.; Johns Hopkins School of Nursing at Baltimore, […]
The Chinese foreign ministry said Friday that its domestic production of medical supplies is expanding and is generally sufficient. The statement comes as an indirect refusal of a recent offer of help. India, one of the world’s biggest drugmakers, said earlier this week it was ready to help supply Chinese citizens with fever drugs. China […]
Christmas tree farms say this year’s harvest looks good and they don’t expect shortages, but Christmas trees are still going to cost a lot more. It’s because tree farms’ operating costs—from labor and raw materials to shipping trees to retailers—have also risen over the last year.
BOUVINES, France—Emmanuel Lefebvre produces thousands of tonnes of endives on his farm in northern France annually, but this year he may abandon his crop because of the crippling energy costs required to freeze the harvested bulbs. Across northern and western Europe, vegetable producers are contemplating halting their activities because of the financial hit from Europe’s […]
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka—Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled on a military jet on Wednesday after angry protesters seized his home and office, and appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as acting president while he is overseas. Wickremesinghe quickly declared a nationwide state of emergency to counter swelling protests over the country’s economic and political collapse. Rajapaksa […]
Some of the biggest stores across the United States are reportedly seeing a shortage of feminine hygiene products, while the cost of the essential items is rising as supply chain issues and sky-high inflation continues to plague the economy. According to multiple posts on social media, consumers are finding it increasingly difficult to purchase tampons across […]
Food supply shortages hit a record high in April, as the ongoing Russia–Ukraine conflict continues to impact worldwide food exports, data from S&P Global published on Monday suggested. According to the survey, manufacturers worldwide reported sustained price and supply pressures during the last month, while the Global Supply Shortages Index signaled that shortages were just under […]
Jilin Province in China has announced that efforts will continue to ensure that spring plowing continues despite a province-wide COVID-19 lockdown. However, online videos showed police interrupting farmers working in the fields throughout China. Fearing the delay in spring plowing could lead to a food shortage, analysts say the crisis is beyond fallow fields, viable […]
High demand for groceries combined with soaring freight costs and Omicron-related labor shortages are creating a new round of backlogs at processed food and fresh produce companies, leading to empty supermarket shelves at major retailers across the United States. Growers of perishable produce across the West Coast are paying nearly triple pre-pandemic trucking rates to […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday released updated guidance for isolation and quarantine, cutting the length of time health care workers need to do so amid an increase in cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant. As of Monday, Omicron makes up at least 73 percent of new cases in the United […]
SHENZHEN, China—China’s major southern cities Guangzhou and Shenzhen have warned of severe water shortages lasting into next spring as the East River, a tributary of Guangdong’s Pearl River, continues to be hit by its most severe drought in decades. Officials in both cities are asking citizens to reduce water consumption, with rainfall between January to […]
A new indicator of supply-side constraints developed by Bloomberg Economics indicates that U.S. supply shortages remain close to a 20-year high. The Bloomberg Economics composite measure of supply constraints hit a two-decade high of 2.41 in June, inching down slightly to 2.19 in July and 1.86 in August, the most recent month of available data. Numbers […]
American retail sales rose unexpectedly in September amid ongoing supply chain shortages, raising concerns as the nation nears the holiday shopping season. The U.S Census Bureau announced Friday a 0.7 percent increase from August. The July–August increase was also revised up to 0.9 percent instead of the 0.7 percent earlier reported (pdf). The increase was […]
BEIJING—China is in the grip of a power crunch as coal supply shortages combined with strong power demand from manufacturers, industry, and households push coal prices to record highs and trigger widespread curbs on usage. China’s heavily controlled power pricing system prevents its generators from passing on their soaring coal costs to consumers, leaving them […]
