Trump, Inflation and Prices
Digest more
Tariffs contributed modestly to the rise of inflation last month, analysts told ABC News, citing the price hikes in product categories made up primarily of imports. But, they added, overall price increases owed largely to a rise in housing and food products with little connection to tariffs.
A changing pricing environment and renewed social inflation worries will be among the focal points for US property and casualty insurers when they release second quarter results.
The U.S. consumer pushes back on recession fears. Despite the noise around tariffs and inflation fears, the U.S. economy seems to be holding its ground — for now. June retail sales came in stronger than expected, and weekly jobless claims dropped below forecasts.
There is no single way to predict how businesses will price items weeks or months into the future as, in addition to tariffs, they are influenced by things like consumer demand, sales strategies, and supply chains.
President Donald Trump swept into office in January with a promise to tackle what he called the "inflation crisis" that had kicked off under his predecessor.
Inflation rose last month to its highest level since February as President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs push up the cost of a range of goods, including furniture, clothing, and large appliances.
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.
Consumer prices posted the biggest increase in June in five months and are likely to keep the Federal Reserve from cutting interest rates soon, but there only scattered signs of tariff-related inflation.