US Consumers Get Early Taste of Tariff Price Hikes
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Tariffs, inflation, and Fed meddling
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Current tariff collections equate to 0.1% monthly inflation, aligning with recent CPI data. See why I’m skeptical that tariffs will lead to widespread inflation.
The new duties will add to existing rates making the effective tariff 160%, according to American Active Anode Material Producers.
Consumer prices rose 2.7% in June from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Tuesday, up from an annual increase of 2.4% in May.
The Indian rupee is set to open weaker on Wednesday after June U.S. inflation data hinted at tariff-driven price pressures, prompting markets to scale back bets of Federal Reserve rate cuts and pushing the dollar and U.
Critics of President Trump's tariff policies have been waiting for the import taxes to raise the inflation rate. That effect may be beginning.
On a monthly basis, prices climbed 0.3% from May to June, after rising just 0.1% the previous month.
Rising prices across an array of goods from coffee to audio equipment to home furnishings pulled inflation higher in June in what economists see as evidence of the Trump administration's increasing import taxes passing through to consumers.
US stocks end mixed after June inflation data and mixed earnings pressured the Dow and S&P 500. Nvidia powers Nasdaq to record high.