Put another way, consumer prices would've DECLINED the past two years without the tariffs.
Brutal.
SScott LincicomeXView on XNew from @NewYorkFed: Trump's 2025-26 tariffs contributed 2.9 percentage points to US goods price inflation, via higher prices for imports AND domestic goods.
Without the tariffs, "goods prices would have fallen slightly." 😯
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