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Baby bust brings bearish outlook — The Stockout

Why fewer people born could mean higher prices of goods

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In this episode of The Stockout, a FreightWaves show about CPG companies and their supply chains, Mike Baudendistel discusses the rapidly declining birth rate in the U.S. and why that is a big deal for CPG companies and freight transportation. 

Baudendistel also gives his thoughts on inflation trends impacting CPG supply chains, including soaring chicken prices.

In addition, he goes through some of the highlights from the many CPG and freight companies that reported earnings this week.   


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Kaylee Nix

Kaylee Nix is a meteorologist and reporter for FreightWaves. She joined the company in November of 2020 after spending two years as a broadcast meteorologist for a local television channel in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Kaylee graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 2018 and immediately made the Tennessee Valley her home. Kaylee creates written summaries of FreightWaves live podcasts and cultivates the social media for FreightWaves TV.