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tariff

[tar-if] / ˈtΓ¦r Ιͺf /


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Strategists from Wells Fargo to Franklin Templeton were among those in recent weeks predicting the S&P 500 corporate earnings expansion would decelerate as higher interest rates, tariff pressures and elevated oil prices weigh on results.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Under that program, solar companies can submit plans to reshore production to the Commerce Department and receive tariff exemptions for certain products upon approval.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

There are four reasons investors should start getting concerned about inflation, according to a financial-research and strategy firm, and the end of tariff refunds, in particular, might become a real shock to investors.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

For Indian consumers, any further increases would come on the heels of an industry-wide tariff hike a few years ago.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

“So six bolts of silk at twice the price, plus the tariff, but minus my bargain to you as a Zoroastrian would be one hundred forty-seven drachms.”

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

The Iran war, tariffs and the AI build-out have pushed up the costs of materials, labor and borrowing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

From that date onwards, standard, product-specific customs tariffs will apply.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

This year, MCA funders can dip into a growing pool of applicants—businesses walloped by inflation, tariffs and tighter credit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

She has warned that upheavals -- like Covid, US tariffs and energy shocks -- may be the new normal, and that policymakers must be prepared.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

“I reckon it was the slaves and tariffs and things. I never thought about it much.”

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee

Some of the tariff effect has shown up in higher retail prices for foreign goods or domestic goods made wholly or partially from tariffed imported parts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Under an expected presidential proclamation, which could be issued as soon as this week, finished products made with imported steel and aluminum would be tariffed at 25%, according to people with knowledge of the plans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

Importers have been agile in switching their supply chains away from the most highly tariffed countries.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026

As American importers scrambled to switch suppliers last year, Asian producers such as Thailand and Vietnam benefitted at the expense of more highly tariffed China.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026

In England our earliest gold coin weighed 128 4⁄7 grains, and was tariffed at 6s. 8d.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by William Arthur Shaw

This is why the surreal stories about the US tariffing rarely visited islands only inhabited by penguins matter.

From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2025

“You can’t be tariffing people at the same exact time that you’re negotiating a detailed arrangement with them,” Mr. Ross said, while describing them as a cocked pistol.

From New York Times ● May 21, 2018

He had something to do with the high cost of tariffing.

From Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be by Irwin Leslie Gordon

The exportation of the national specie was still forbidden, and more than once the State found itself obliged to return to the question of the tariffing of its coinage.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by William Arthur Shaw


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