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minus-squareOhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up48·3 months agot: “I am adding tariffs to the foods you sell.” Seller: “we will raise our prices to cover the cost of the tariffs.” Customers: “we can’t afford the foods and won’t buy as much.” t: “I am removing the tariffs I added earlier. Now you can lower prices.” Customer: “yeah. Lower your prices now.” Seller: “…no.”
minus-squareRemember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·3 months ago“It’s super effective!” https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1b46r
t: “I am adding tariffs to the foods you sell.”
Seller: “we will raise our prices to cover the cost of the tariffs.”
Customers: “we can’t afford the foods and won’t buy as much.”
t: “I am removing the tariffs I added earlier. Now you can lower prices.”
Customer: “yeah. Lower your prices now.”
Seller: “…no.”
“It’s super effective!”
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1b46r