Tariff Impacts and Port Activity

Up and down the supply chain, companies are facing a dilemma: Should they absorb tariff surcharges and keep prices down, or pass on the cost to customers, and risk losing business? Most are taking a mixed approach. In this episode, how firms are negotiating — and communicating — higher costs. Plus: Economists discuss what they’ll be looking for in tomorrow’s CPI, housing discrimination persists in the fine print of home deeds, and economists attempt to model the U.S. economy’s debt forecast.

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