Firm US retail activity and elevated import costs weakens 50bp Fed cut calls | Crypto Craft

  • Firm US retail activity and elevated import costs weakens 50bp Fed cut calls

    From think.ing.com

    Casting further doubt on the "foreigners will pay" claim from the Administration, July import prices rose 0.4% month-on-month while ex petroleum they were up 0.3% versus expectations of 0.1% MoM increases for both. Tempering the news is some downward revisions to June of 0.2 percentage points to both, to -0.1% and -0.2% respectively. Nonetheless, the data overall suggests that US importers are bearing the burden of tariffs so far and that at some point this will result in higher retail prices for goods. That could change in time, but it will take time to negotiate any price cuts with foreign producers and there is ... (full story)

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Trader#1F85
Aug 15, 2025 9:10am
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Ya'll seriously got poop for brains if you believe that foreigners pay Chump Taxes. Take it from someone who actually exports to your shithole of a country.

The only impact on foreigners is a *possible* reduction in demand for their products. In my case, you can't get what you buy from me over there in the Un-united State so you HAVE to import it you silly, silly, dumb ass fools... talk about shooting yerselves in the foot...

My prices always remain constant, if Chumpy wants his cut of Tax then he ADDS to it and the importer pays. NOT ME YOU DUMB ASS FOOLS

Look at the USD Index, can you see mass inflows of foreigner dollars paying these Chump Tariffs? Looks like a bit of a Mass Fucking Exodus to me.

PPI shows that US COMPANIES are absorbing the costs for now. But hey, the tariffs only really came into full effect like 2 weeks ago. Typical dumb people forget that Economies are like ocean liners. You don't turn those bad boys on a dime. But when you do turn them, they are FUCKING NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP OR TURN BACK AROUND AGAIN ON A FUCKING DIME.
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Trader#2984
Aug 16, 2025 1:56am
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Quoting Trader#1F85
Ya'll seriously got poop for brains if you believe that foreigners pay Chump Taxes. Take it from someone who actually exports to your shithole of a country. The only impact on foreigners is a *possible* reduction in demand for their products. In my case, you can't get what you buy from me over there in the Un-united State so you HAVE to import it you silly, silly, dumb ass fools... talk about shooting yerselves in the foot... My prices always remain constant, if Chumpy wants his cut of Tax then he ADDS to it and the importer pays. NOT ME YOU DUMB...
Y'all
Export to your country


Decent LARP
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Trader#8115
Aug 15, 2025 8:05am
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why the fuck is gold not going down then.... why this gold is constantly in a range
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Trader#A306
Aug 15, 2025 8:14am
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Gold is precious. Buy and keep it if you can.
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Trader#1FB1
Aug 15, 2025 9:28am
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the comments got blasted
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Trader#6941
Aug 15, 2025 1:04pm
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Take a bow
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