Global semiconductor shortage will improve in June
 

Prices rising for now

The US government has decided that a global semiconductor shortage will persist until at least the second half of this year.

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said officials plan to investigate claims of possible price gouging for chips used by auto and medical device makers.

She said that the US was not close to being out of the woods as it relates to the supply problems with semiconductors.

Raimondo said in a briefing with reporters discussing the findings of an industry report her agency conducted that was released.

The report, based on information from more than 150 companies in the chip supply chain, shows "there is a significant, persistent mismatch in supply and demand for chips."

The companies "did not see the problem going away in the next six months and the semiconductor supply chain remains fragile."

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