this post was submitted on 03 Nov 2025
224 points (100.0% liked)

Economics

969 readers
69 users here now

founded 2 years ago
 

Analysts at the Bank of America said tariffs have raised prices for consumers.

They wrote in a note that consumers have covered about 50% to 70% of the cost of levies to date.

This suggests tariffs will continue to put "upward pressure" on inflation, they said.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They probably can’t afford it.

[–] nucleative@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago

Exactly. There's no demand when the price increases so much.