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Economy

Voltaire2

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4. There is some speculation that this may

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sat Mar 1, 2025, 09:24 AM

Mar 2025

be a temporary distortion caused by a spike in imports driven by the pending tariffs. Those imports deflate the gdp until they get distributed through the economy, at which point they provide an equivalent inflation of the gdp. There is a lag, but the net result is effectively zero.

I suspect this is wishful thinking.

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