tariffs
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Figures revealed by the BBC earlier this week showed forecasters predicting a 16% rise in domestic energy prices in the new year for 20 million households on variable tariffs affected by regulator Ofgem's price cap.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
The firm, which employs 39,000 people worldwide, reported below-target growth and a slight drop in net profits last year, in part because of US tariffs.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Manufacturers noted a degree of client hesitancy, largely due to tariffs, which were reported to have negatively impacted international demand, especially among clients based in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Yet a series of shocks — tariffs, war, high oil prices, rising interest rates — have kept the economy from performing even better.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
He had heard talk of tariffs, of slave states and free ones, of a violent old man named John Brown, and during the past winter, of states seceding from the Union.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
