If you want to understand why the cost of just about everything you use is going to increase you should watch this video. Blaming supply shortages on Covid-19 is an easy excuse but in reality, it just exposed the vulnerability in the global supply system. The automobile industry perfected Just In Time manufacturing which is at the root of the supply shortage problem because it allows manufacturers to maximize short-term profit at the expense of long-term gain. The bottom line is that the cost of many things is going to increase and most likely not fall back to levels seen before 2020.