Tarrifs bad. Make things more expensive. Someone should tell the president. It didn't work during the Corn laws and it won't work now. Unless you just want highe cost of goods. Now anti-dumping is different.
New from the New York Fed: "By February 2026, tariffs had contributed 2.9Β pp to goods price inflation, and without them goods prices would have fallen slightly."
About one quarter of every point in higher tariff rates shows up in consumer prices within one year.
β’ A 10% across-the-board tariff yields a 2.6% rise in consumer goods prices after one year.
β’ About two thirds of the increase comes from pricier imports, which get passed through quickly.
β’ Another third comes from U.S. made goods, as producers face higher input costs and less import competition. This takes longer, about 6-12 months, to filter through.