What does a drought in Central America have to do with the battle against sticky #inflation? Ruth Liao Mike McDonald and I take a look at what is unnerving economists and supply-chain experts, with graphics by Kyle Kim 김용진 bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Economics

Labor actions have disrupted work at several key US West Coast port terminals, all of which are part of protracted negotiations over a new contract for dockworkers bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Economics

Intermittent disruptions at several key US West Coast ports look set to stretch into their fifth day Tuesday amid ongoing labor-contracts negotiations. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Politics Bloomberg Economics

Six container vessels in LA-LB were canceled or delayed Tuesday and Wednesday as West Coast ports endure the longest labor disruptions since 2015 bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg

US West Coast port employers and union workers have reached a tentative agreement after talks dragged on for more than a year bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg

Climate change is driving global inflation even higher bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Stephanie Flanders Laura Curtis Molly Smith

Economies with robust domestic demand are performing better as trade flows influenced by geopolitical shifts bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Economics

Seven out of 10 Californians think kids growing up in the Golden State will be financially worse off than their parents, according to a statewide survey bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Economics

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Just weeks before a knife-edged election, some 45,000 dockworkers at every major eastern and Gulf coast port are threatening to strike if there's no deal on a new six-year labor contract by Oct. 1. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Economics

ECB and Fed chiefs talk, but don’t coordinate, Lagarde says bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Laura Curtis

Biden’s aides met with ocean carrier and terminal representatives Friday and have been in touch with the dockworker union this week, according to a White House official bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Politics

Ahead of a dockworker strike that could shut ports from Houston to Boston, a White House official said they are watching freight rates and surcharges imposed by ocean carriers and don’t want to see anti-competitive price moves. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Economics

The US Maritime Alliance has offered to boost wages for dockworkers by nearly 50% in an effort to avoid a potentially crippling strike at East Coast and Gulf ports bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Economics

Dockworkers have walked out of every major port on the US East and Gulf coasts, marking the beginning of a strike that could ripple through the world’s largest economy. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Bloomberg

See 👇table of East & Gulf Coast Ports' share of key goods imports and exports by Laura Curtis Josh Wingrove. #OOTT

Union chief Harold Daggett, clad in a blue sweatshirt that read “The Docks Are Ours,” relished the fear he says gripped his negotiating rivals over his opposition to automation — a key hurdle in the strike on US East and Gulf Ports.bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Economics

"The significance of a work stoppage at every major container port from Houston to Miami and New York-New Jersey depends on how long the strike lasts. The economic loss from the shutdown, which began at 12:01 Tuesday morning Eastern Standard Time, will be between $3.8 billion to

The US dockworkers’ union that halted cargo at every major port on the country’s eastern and southern coasts last month has called off talks with their employers over the issue of automation bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Economics

.@SEIUCalifornia and @SEIUUSWW president David Huerta has been released from custody and charged by feds with conspiracy to interfere with an officer after joining a protest against ICE: bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Alicia A. Caldwell Laura Curtis