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Fed meeting notes: Fed staff downgraded inflation expectations for June meeting; still expects tariffs to push up prices.
Glenn Purves, global macro head at BlackRock Investment Institute, said that the U.S. core CPI rose less than expected in June, but there are growing signs that tariffs are driving some price increases. The May CPI report already showed tariff-driven price increases for home appliances, and this continues, "We are also now seeing early signs of price increases for entertainment products such as video and audio equipment". He believes that most of the impact has not yet come,...
The recent announcement of new tariffs by the US government has raised concerns among US economic analysts, who predict that the new tariffs will further push up US prices and place a greater burden on consumers. The Tax Foundation, a US think-tank, forecasts that the average import tax in the US will rise from 2.5 per cent last year to 19 per cent this year, the highest level since 1933. The foundation also said that after-tax income for US workers will fall by an average of 2.1 per cent this y...
On April 2nd, according to the Globe and Mail: Canada will avoid tariff countermeasures that could affect domestic jobs and push up prices, two federal trade advisers said, Canada will not impose retaliatory tariffs on most U.S. food and other basic necessities.
