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Those same economists warning about tariffs also warned it would lead to runaway skyrocketing inflation and quote "the mother of all recessions" [1] [2] [3], which objectively did not happen. The same economists were nowhere to be seen when prices doubled 2020-24 and the official inflation numbers were 13%.

Once again proving that economists are engaged in mere astrology.

You also frame the argument that the last administration was tariff opposed, after they issued a 10% blanket tariff on the US' largest trading partner and tariffed Canadian wood products, directly causing house prices to skyrocket during the pandemic. You will never consider those impacts, because you're engaged in a fundamentally political argument, not an economic one.

The US has 4% GDP growth and a 2.7% inflation run rate. Wage growth is exceeding inflation again. Data doesn't lie, but economists do. Routinely.

[1] https://www.msn.com/en-my/news/other/economist-warns-of-moth...

[2] https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/13/economy/inflation-trump-econo...

[3] https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/25/nobel-prize-economists-warn-...

parent 0xy 9 months ago

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