The lack of any obvious tariff effect in either the price or activity data for April raises an interesting question – is it just taking longer for it to show up or was President Trump right after all and there won’t be any big impact? We suspect it’s mostly the former, but we remain open to the possibility that firms will absorb more of the tariffs by reducing margins.
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