I deal a lot with steel and metals. I'm maga but prices have risen substantially in the past year. I can say quite confidently that all metals have gone up over 10%. And some of the parts sourced from China are being passed on to us and in turn is costing more. Even metal sourced in the us has gone up because the know they can get it, which is fine. Like I said I'm all about maga but to say prices aren't going up, I have seen different. That said. If it helps maga and doesn't hurt maga then bring it the fuck on. As of now people are paying so there is no problems.
Quoting: Russian hacker The price increases are aligned with overall inflation and not a special tariff-caused case, from the article:
"Let’s look at some heavy duty steel and aluminum products. Aircraft prices rose 0.1 in May and are
up 2.0 percent from a year ago. That’s the highest annual price hike on the list so far but it is less than the overall rise in producer prices, indicating that this is not a tariff-led price hike.
It’s also very close to the Federal Reserve’s target of 2 percent inflation."
"Prices of steel mill products, which are an intermediate good used to produce consumer goods, fell 0.6 percent in May. Prices for steel mill products also fell 1.7 percent in April, held flat in March, and fell 3.2 percent in January. On an annual basis, which now means comparing prices of products immediately after the steel tariffs and more than a year after they were imposed,
prices are up just 1.1 percent.A month ago, steel mill prices were still showing a steep 5.8 percent increase on an annual basis. In February, prices were up 12.6 percent compared with the year prior and in October they were up 18.6 percent. In other words, the tariffs are not inflationary in the ordinary sense of the word.
They resulted in higher intermediate prices paid by businesses but did not create ongoing price pressure."
