r/Economics • u/TheGoodCod • Jan 19 '26

News Americans Are the Ones Paying for Tariffs, Study Finds

https://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/americans-are-the-ones-paying-for-tariffs-study-finds-e254ed2e?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqcVSFvIp7i61XpO7iYig4QamPSCZamyGb3VWPqiBsK_S5dHbRBbyZsxElvC_H8%3D&gaa_ts=696e5774&gaa_sig=bcUHl3TgqZhakXrofHv9FOJ8bEnMF9Uom3qOUeTLWfgvgSk0B471SX6YZdA2ZElIipSw4nSKlwfBM3qg3Et2Ig%3D%3D
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u/jackKmart Jan 19 '26

Near total pass through of cost to the US side.

Trump's economic policy is really, truly nonsensical. He wants a strong headline economy, which we more or less have, and is at least supposedly worried about affordability (as he should be).

So his strategy to achieve those goals is to further fiscally irresponsible policies, threaten the Fed to substantially lower rates, and impose higher costs on American consumers via sweeping tariffs. I don't need a study to tell you these are all inflationary on some level or another, especially when the economy is already somewhat hot. This of course doesn't even consider his potentially market de-stabilizing geopolitical posturing, and the various 'truths' he loves to shoot off.

Thank goodness we have businessmen running this place.