US consumers, businesses bore about 90% of Trump’s tariffs, NY Fed study finds
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US businesses and consumers paid about 90% of the cost of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs last year — contradicting his repeated claims that foreign countries were footing the bill, according to a new study from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. In the first eight months of 2025, 94% of the cost of tariffs was borne by American businesses and consumers, study found. In September and October, that share slipped to 92%, and in November it fell further to 86% as foreign exporters
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