2024-11-26 20:09:48
Tariffs raise the cost of imported production inputs, imported intermediate goods, and imported final products. Corporations raising prices of goods reflects this, the tariffs are therefore the cause of, not a "cover story" for an unsubstantiated price hike [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(10-0-4) Author
2024-11-26 20:36:34
Shocks such as tariff hikes provide the opportunity for the firms to increase their prices regardless of the direct effects of the tariffs or disproportionate to them Ps. Keep your neoclassical econ101 in the comments/reply [Link] CURRENTLY_RATED_NOT_HELPFUL(1-0-5) Author
2024-11-29 22:25:12
The claim that corporations are planning to use tariffs is unsupported by the poster. Tariffs are a tool imposed by a government for the purpose of changing the value of economic goods both internally and externally. Corporations are subject to inflation and tariffs alike. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(0-0-0) Author