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Strategies & Market Trends : 2026 TeoTwawKi ... 2032 Darkest Interregnum -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: elmatador who wrote (37752)	7/30/2008 1:42:34 PM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 220056

Many firms are bracing for steep increases in the costs of raw materials, labor, ocean freight and transportation. Skyrocketing petroleum prices, the weak dollar, new labor policies in China and increased competition for workers in the Guangdong region are all pinching the bottom lines of many companies. And some say the end result for consumers could be price increases of 5 percent to 20 percent at retail. Interesting. Maybe we will see some inflation?