How disastrous would a rail strike have been?

Season 2, Episode 30: ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl brings ASA members up to date on the threatened rail strike, and also talks about all things transportation and logistics related.

ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is back with his weekly economic update podcast. In Season 2, Episode 30 (9:39 in length), Dr. Kuehl talks to ASA members about what a rail strike would have done to the supply chain, plus he provides his thoughts on the current transportation and logistics landscape.

• How would a strike such as this impact the U.S. economy?
• Is there a chance the strike will still happen?
• What will the still-to-be approved/finalized Kansas City Southern and Canadian
• Pacific merger mean to the supply chain? How much freight is projected to divert from West Coast ports?
• How many more containers could be headed to the Midwest part of the country under this potential merger?
• How bad is the transportation labor shortage? How many available loads per driver are we talking about now?
• What happens when China relaxes COVID restrictions? It ain’t good.
• Are logistics costs going up faster than the actual rate of inflation?
• Told you so: What have the commercial banks and the fed been warning us about concerning inflation?