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Tariffs: Estimating the Economic Impact of the 2025 Measures and ... richmondfed.org Apr 2, 2025 6 facts
perspectiveProposed tariffs may raise input costs, disrupt supply chains, and result in higher consumer prices, potentially outweighing any targeted employment gains in protected industries.
measurementAccording to the First Quarter 2025 CFO Survey, approximately 32 percent of manufacturing firms in regions heavily affected by proposed tariffs anticipate reducing employment due to tariff concerns.
measurementThe 2018-19 U.S. tariffs resulted in a relative employment decline of about 1.8 percent, equivalent to approximately 220,000 jobs lost in industries heavily dependent on imported inputs.
procedureThe method for estimating Average Effective Tariff Rates (AETRs) at the county level involves weighting the tariff faced by each industry by its employment share in the county and then aggregating across all industries in that county.
claimU.S. communities dependent on manufacturing and cross-border inputs may face rising production costs, disrupted supply chains, and downstream employment effects if proposed tariff increases are implemented.
measurementA 2024 working paper estimates that when accounting for China's retaliatory tariffs on U.S. exports, the total employment reduction from the 2018-19 trade measures rises to approximately 2.6 percent, equivalent to about 320,000 jobs.
Trump Tariffs: Prices & Long-Term Economic Effects - Tax Foundation taxfoundation.org Mar 18, 2025 2 facts
claimStudies of United States tariffs implemented in 2018-2019 indicate that these tariffs failed to boost employment and harmed the manufacturing sector due to rising input costs and foreign retaliation.
claimTariffs reduce overall productivity in the long run by incentivizing the reallocation of employment and investment toward higher-cost, less efficient sectors of the economy.
Tracking the Economic Effects of Tariffs | The Budget Lab at Yale budgetlab.yale.edu Mar 2, 2026 2 facts
claimEmployment may not respond substantially to tariffs in the short run, prior to substantial effects on consumer or firm behavior.
claimThe net effect of tariffs on employment in the medium-to-long term depends on the overall effect on demand, the responses of the Federal Reserve to maintain full employment, and emerging sectoral effects.
Measurement of diets that are healthy, environmentally sustainable ... frontiersin.org 1 fact
procedureThe research team developed six categories for economic outcomes: food price/cost, economy-level cost, healthcare cost, productivity cost, employment, or other.
Sleep Deprivation, Sleep Disorders, and Chronic Disease - CDC cdc.gov Aug 31, 2023 1 fact
claimThe odds of insomnia were higher among college students who had depression, had symptoms of ADHD, and were employed.
What Role Does Language Play in Self-Identity? → Question lifestyle.sustainability-directory.com Mar 24, 2025 1 fact
claimSpeaking a non-standard dialect can lead to discrimination in education or employment, which may negatively affect an individual's self-esteem and confidence.
An Exploratory Study of the Wealthy's Investment Beliefs ... financialplanningassociation.org Mar 1, 2025 1 fact
measurementHigh-net-worth respondents in the study were more likely to be retired or not employed (60 percent) compared to affluent respondents (43 percent).
Policy Paper: Decoding the United States on Tariffs and Trade freiheit.org Dec 16, 2025 1 fact
claimThe headline economic numbers for the United States show inflation creeping up and employment slightly down.
U.S. tariff outcomes dependent on trading partner responses dallasfed.org May 13, 2025 1 fact
claimCorrecting the U.S. trade imbalance may not halt the decline of employment in the goods-producing sector.