READ THIS!
Shipping Container and Ocean Delivery Crisis on Our Doorstep-This Means Hyperinflation and Sharply Increased Lack of Availability of Imported Goods
https://www.encouragingangels.org/new-blog/2024/8/25/shipping-container-and-ocean-delivery-crisis-on-our-doorstep-this-means-hyperinflation-and-sharply-increased-lack-of-availability-of-imports
"A rudimentary calculation places the cost of importing goods into the U.S. increasing at a 20% per month inflation rate during this recent time span. That is known as -high- inflation and is certainly not reflected in the ‘official’ inflation numbers coming out of Washington. We are on the cusp of hyperinflation..."
And let us not forget that there are bans or steep tariffs on many types of imported goods anyway. Reasons for these aside, they also contribute to inflation.
Click the 10-year chart below. Is that not a bull flag on the right?
https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/containerized-freight-index
Red sky at morning?