Innerworld@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoAmericans Are the Ones Paying for Tariffs, Study Findswww.wsj.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1176arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1175arrow-down1external-linkAmericans Are the Ones Paying for Tariffs, Study Findswww.wsj.comInnerworld@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
New research from the Kiel Institute, which analyzed $4 trillion of shipments between Jan. ‘24 and Nov. ‘25, found that American buyers absorbed 96% of the cost from last year’s US tariff increases.
minus-squareMark with a Z@suppo.filinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·edit-22 days agoTariffs are just an extra tax. It might force some companies to lower their margins, but of course most of it falls to the consumer in increased prices.
Tariffs are just an extra tax. It might force some companies to lower their margins, but of course most of it falls to the consumer in increased prices.