NEW YORK—Corporate results in the industrial and materials sectors could offer a snapshot of how companies in a key swath of the U.S. economy are dealing with surging inflation, supply chain bottlenecks, and higher commodity prices. Companies in those sectors—which include logistics and transportation firms, major chemical makers and manufacturers, and suppliers for the aerospace, automotive, and construction industries—are expected to post strong third-quarter results. Their position in the global economy, however, gives many companies in the industrial and materials sectors a window into the fallout from rising input costs, supply chain snags, and other issues that have bedeviled the United States and other countries as economic reopenings spur a surge in demand. Signs that companies are continuing to raise costs or expect inflation and logistics snafus to persist could bolster the view that the recent surge in consumer prices will prove more sustainable than expected, despite assurances from the …
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