by Amanda McDavid | Jan 28, 2022 | Viewpoints
Towards the end of 2021, Bob Jones wrote about the US economic situation and the inflation the country is experiencing. As 2021 came to a close, the CPI posted an annual rate increase of +7%, the highest rate since 1982. While nominal wage gains were higher than...
by Amanda McDavid | Jan 21, 2022 | Viewpoints
Brakke Consulting View Point Almost back to normal. That’s how a lot of people, including me, felt this week at the VMX veterinary meeting and expo in Orlando. Attendance was down from non-COVID years, but still over 15,000 attended the conference and many...
by Amanda McDavid | Jan 14, 2022 | Viewpoints
Next week marks the return of VMX at its regularly scheduled time in January, as well as the return of the in-person Brakke Industry Overview. In these turbulent times, it pays to have as much information as possible about the current trends in our industry and what...
by Amanda McDavid | Jan 5, 2022 | Viewpoints
ANIMAL HEALTH NEWS & NOTES CELEBRATES 22 YEARS OF INDUSTRY NEWS Wow – it’s hard to believe that 22 years has passed since we at Brakke decided that an industry-focused e-newsletter would be a good idea. Our first newsletter was sent out in August of 1999 to about...
by Brakke Consulting | Dec 17, 2021 | Viewpoints
BRAKKE CONSULTING VIEWPOINT Last week we touched on some bumps on the road to 2022: the shortage of labor, falling labor productivity, and rising labor costs. We said would cover what this means, so let’s first start with the P&L. To keep profits climbing, animal...
by Brakke Consulting | Dec 10, 2021 | Viewpoints
BRAKKE CONSULTING VIEWPOINT We are hearing a lot about how hard it is to find workers in our industry. Seems like the Law of Supply and Demand is at work. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that last week, initial jobless claims – a proxy for layoffs – fell...
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