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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Business
J.R. Duren

Trump’s tariffs raised prices of your everyday goods, study finds

While President Donald Trump has hailed his global tariffs as a win for the American consumer, federal data proves otherwise.

The tariffs, first introduced in April 2025, have raised the price of goods in the U.S. - from groceries to cars and furniture - by 2.9 percent through February 2026, according to a Federal Reserve Bank of New York report this month.

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