Is it possible businesses are colluding resulting in increased profit margins? Obviously.
But we have publicly listed companies with public financials showing non material increases, or even decreases, in profit margin. Which means those businesses are just increasing prices to cover their own increasing cost of goods sold.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37869309
Is it possible businesses are colluding resulting in increased profit margins? Obviously.
But we have publicly listed companies with public financials showing non material increases, or even decreases, in profit margin. Which means those businesses are just increasing prices to cover their own increasing cost of goods sold.