Sad to see these tariffs are driving costs of everything up. I really hope it doesn't last.
I guess we'll have to wait and see, but as long as the Dollar remains the world's reserve currency the US is still in a good position. And I don't see that changing anytime soon. I hope you guys can stay on top because despite my critisisms of the current administration, I like the American people.
When can I expect you to send me a check if that is how you feel? There is no allegedly in this situation, the US has been supplementing the globe through lopsided trade for many decades. Just because we have more wealth doesnt make it ok for other countries to take advantage. You can work hard and strive to do better in your part of the world too. Im starting to think most people dont understand basic economical terms and concepts. Its like we all need to repeat middle school or high school lol.
Don’t stop, this is an interesting discussion and pretty civilized and respectful imo!
). When can I expect you to send me a check if that is how you feel? There is no allegedly in this situation, the US has been supplementing the globe through lopsided trade for many decades. Just because we have more wealth doesnt make it ok for other countries to take advantage. You can work hard and strive to do better in your part of the world too. Im starting to think most people dont understand basic economical terms and concepts. Its like we all need to repeat middle school or high school lol.
And I think Im going to stop before I get into trouble
And millions of high paying manufacturing jobs will be created almost immediately. Infrastructure be damned, work in the fields until we build the plants!I'm sure it's just a matter of time before Air Arms, Weihrauch, JSB, QYS, etc., open up factories over here in the U.S.
Won't ever happen.I'm sure it's just a matter of time before Air Arms, Weihrauch, JSB, QYS, etc., open up factories over here in the U.S.
Economies are VERY slow to change momentum. If the July numbers follow then it starts the beginning of a trend line. The issue is that there were no obvious reasons beyond the tariffs. Raw material stockpiles have been or are being depleted of the pre-tariff materials. So base cost will be going up. Finished goods imports are already affected.
I was gonna comment something similar to this, a lot of companies pre ordered ahead of the tarrifs. So the new shipments coming afterwards are the ones that will be affected. Walmart has already done. I've made these implementations, and you should see it's if you compare the prices of airguns and airgun, ammo now versus or maybe a month ago
Compared to what the "experts" said about the tariffs early this year...I think .03% is pretty good.
We’ll have to wait and see as to the actual effect on the economy. Fact is that a lot of investments needing imported stuff where accelerated to avoid tariffs. Which typically means that investments will be slower following that. Plus, we’ll have to see whether consumers and companies will still buy stuff from outside the country and pay the tariffs (which will curb domestic product demand since people have don’t have unlimited money) or whether they stop buying imported stuff. My money is on they’ll keep buying it. Which makes the entire thing a tax on us… and means that there’s less money to be spend on other stuff. It’ll take 6-12months or so until you’ll actually see the direction this will be going. Of course there will always be people who tout any proof that a certain policy they are told to believe in is harmful as nonsense even though they have been wrong so many times in the past that nobody pays attention to them anymore
Most of the predictions I saw from economist was 2nd or 3rd quarter for the effects to become a trend. As you said most companies increased stocks prior to tariffs. I saw several corps give that as reason to expect lower first quarter earnings.We’ll have to wait and see as to the actual effect on the economy. Fact is that a lot of investments needing imported stuff where accelerated to avoid tariffs. Which typically means that investments will be slower following that. Plus, we’ll have to see whether consumers and companies will still buy stuff from outside the country and pay the tariffs (which will curb domestic product demand since people have don’t have unlimited money) or whether they stop buying imported stuff. My money is on they’ll keep buying it. Which makes the entire thing a tax on us… and means that there’s less money to be spend on other stuff. It’ll take 6-12months or so until you’ll actually see the direction this will be going. Of course there will always be people who tout any proof that a certain policy they are told to believe in is harmful as nonsense even though they have been wrong so many times in the past that nobody pays attention to them anymore
