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I’m not seeing a lot of coverage about how recent supply-chain issues have changed much when it comes to the Suez. Sure, you can reshore, but until those efforts are done and operational, the nature of global trade means things like this will happen.

I ended up buying my solar panels three months ahead of installation because of this sort of situation. Sure, they could (and did) go down in price, but having them in hand meant if anything went sideways, I was no longer at the whims of shipping.

As attempts to tame inflation (short of anything but corporate greed as the cause) continue apace, this series of events serves to show that what countries like to think they have control over is an incomplete list. With some being inflationary. If we start seeing regular disruptions, modeling will be insufficient for both businesses and individuals to made informed decisions, which could well cause further ongoing inflation problems.