raw materials
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Prices for raw materials, which track costs paid by manufacturers, were up 3.1% in August and 22.8% higher than a year ago after an 18.2% annual rise a month prior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Expert Mapelli said it was not even clear how much steel the site should ideally be producing or where the raw materials would come from.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
Farmers sought new markets for their crops, and auto factories needed raw materials.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
That’s especially the case when prices of raw materials are elevated due to supply shocks and physical scarcity, which could squeeze corporate margins and hurt equity valuations.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 13, 2026
Notwithstanding the popular image of ‘man the hunter’, gathering was Sapiens’ main activity, and it provided most of their calories, as well as raw materials such as flint, wood and bamboo.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
