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Ben Berkowitz

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Journalist. Managing Editor on the biz desk at Axios. Ex-NBC, Reuters, AP, AOL, Fidelity, among various others.

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    Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social

    Data out this morning from the BLS shows import prices of edible vegetables have risen more than 5% in the last two months.

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    Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social

    The White House is now scoring companies and trade associations on their loyalty to the administration's priorities, starting with support for the BBB.

    Uber, DoorDash, Delta, United, AT&T, Cisco, and trade groups for steel and airlines among those topping the list.

    www.axios.com/2025/08/15/w...

    The unusual scorecard fits this administration's habit of micromanaging companies and administering loyalty tests.

    Scoop: White House hands down loyalty ratings for hundreds of companies

    The unusual scorecard fits this administration's habit of micromanaging companies and administering loyalty tests.
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    Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social

    ICYMI, the eye-popper in today's PPI: a 39% rise in wholesale fresh vegetable prices.

    It's the largest month-on-month increase ever recorded in the summer (data to 1947), and one of the ten largest ever, regardless of season.

    With the estimable @alexjamesfitz.com

    www.axios.com/2025/08/14/i...

    No matter what the official data shows, consumers "feel" inflation when grocery prices rise.

    Veggie-flation strikes, with a warning for grocery prices

    No matter what the official data shows, consumers "feel" inflation when grocery prices rise.
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    Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social

    No one, and I mean no one, hits nails on heads all day long like the estimable Zach Basu. Read this and in 500 words you'll understand the entire world of the last week.

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    Ben Berkowitz @berkowitzbt.bsky.social

    If I told you one year ago that a future president was going to:

    • Impose 30% tariffs on the largest US trading partners
    • Threaten to fire the Fed chair
    • Provide weapons for a war against Russia

    And stocks would close HIGHER on the news, would you have believed me?

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