American companies are starting to test the extent of their pricing power., helping fuel inflation like the U.S. hasn’t seen in more than a decade.even more. Others are more cautious, unsure if U.S. consumers have the appetite to absorb additional increases.
What companies decide will go a long way to answering a question that has surged to the top of executives’ and economists’ agendas this year: Istransitory, as the Federal Reserve predicts, or persistent, as some executives warn? Fastenal Co. , a major distributor of industrial supplies such as nuts and bolts, and Conagra Brands Inc., a food conglomerate, illustrate the pricing dance playing out across the biggest U.S. firms. Both companies are passing along higher costs to customers. They have different views about what happens next.
Pushback? Like not eating?
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Well we need to let them know then don’t we ?
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Inept fiscal and monetary policies are causing prices to increase, not companies 'pushing prices higher.'
YEP thanks for the reminder: Push back starts today.
'We increased the cost of food, people aren't buying less food, so they're still fine with absorbing even higher costs'... Could it be, that people need some of these things and don't really have other options for sources?
Pushback? What kind of pushback would make a difference? This sounds like a new interpretation of 'blame the victim'.