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Six months into tariffs, businesses have no idea how to price anything

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462 points JumpCrisscross | 1 comments | 30 Aug 25 20:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.219s | source
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tuatoru ◴[31 Aug 25 01:13 UTC] No.45079460[source]▶
80 percent plus of economic activity is domestic: all its inputs are entirely unaffected by tariffs.

This is a Premier Cru Red Herring.

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1. throwawaysleep ◴[31 Aug 25 01:25 UTC] No.45079500[source]▶
> all its inputs are entirely unaffected by tariffs.

80% of economic activity imports nothing? 80% of economic activity doesn’t involve on oil, cars/trucks, or computers?