Economics

Inventory ‘Bullwhip’ Risk Emerges in Latest U.S. Logistics Index

  • December LMI stays above 70 level for an 11th straight month
  • Inventory overhang would cloud 2022 outlook for prices, growth
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The bigger-than-usual rush to stockpile products on U.S. retail shelves and in warehouses ahead of the holidays might give way to an economic hangover of sorts.