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U.S. Corporate Cost Pressures May Hit Profit Margins In The Near Term

Most U.S. corporate sectors expect the pandemic, supply chain disruptions, and rising commodity and labor costs to drive up input prices this year. Such pressures are largely manageable through cost-saving strategies, productivity gains, or pass-through to customers. S&P Global Ratings expects profit-margin erosion to be moderate, hitting a relatively small percentage of companies, and unlikely to weigh too heavily on credit quality.

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