Lawrence Gillum
speaker
370 appearances
20 recordings
3 series
first heard Mar 2024
last heard 11 Sep
Lawrence Gillum’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 19 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 5.
Appearances
I'm Justin Howe for Marketplace.
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The cost of trucking is up more than 14 percent from the same time a year ago, according to the Labor Department.
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Jason Miller is a professor of supply chain management at Michigan State University.
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Miller says the trucking industry is also losing workers.
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The Trump administration has been cracking down on drivers who aren't proficient in English.
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As a result, there are fewer trucks on the road.
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Some companies have been waiting until the last minute to ship things in case rates come down, says Zach Rogers, a professor of supply chain management at Colorado State University.
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But so far, they haven't.
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So companies can't wait anymore.
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They have to pay for trucking regardless of how expensive it is.
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But passing along those extra costs isn't always that easy.
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Sometimes you can and sometimes you can't.
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That's Peter Firth.
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He's a CEO of FFF Associates, which imports fig paste.
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So Firth says that means his company has to eat the cost instead.
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I'm Justin Ho for Marketplace.
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That's Guy Labar, chief fixed income strategist with Janie Montgomery Scott.
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He says if inflation stays high or goes even higher, thinking is the Federal Reserve is probably going to hike interest rates.
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In fact, over the last few months, short-term bond yields have been rising at a faster pace than long-term yields.
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That's also happening because long-term bonds reflect other factors, including how fast investors expect the economy to grow.
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