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It would be nice to see some serious study that could tell us how much of it is

1. Disruption of supply chains

2. Money printing for Covid stimulus giving additional spending power to consumers increasing demand above the average.

3. Money printing for Covid stimulus reducing demand for low paying jobs.

4. Scalpers.

5. Speculation on the part of manufacturers that prefer to increase prices instead of investing long term to expand production.

6. Other.



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