Tariffs and Inflation: The Dog that Didn’t Bark

Press reports say that Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is arguing for repealing a broad set of U.S. tariffs, allegedly as a way to fight inflation. Her argument is said to rely on a set of reports[1] published in March by the Peterson Institute that claimed that cutting tariffs would cut 1.3 percentage points off the … Continue reading Tariffs and Inflation: The Dog that Didn’t Bark