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The Container is Mightier Than The Currency


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The Container is Mightier Than the Currency.🚢💸

For decades, central banks thought controlling inflation meant adjusting interest rates. But what if the real trigger sits on the ocean?
More than 80% of global trade travels by sea, and when shipping costs rise, prices follow, from factory floors to supermarket shelves. Today, freight routes like the Red Sea or Panama Canal can move inflation more than monetary policy itself.

In this week’s StayWired, we unpack how freight costs quietly became the new inflation drivers and why controlling prices now means understanding ships and ports, not just money supply.

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