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Inflation on many everyday items was entirely due to tariffs, NY Fed says

2026-10-08T17:31:03.000Z

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Tariffs added 2.9 percentage points to inflation in 67 categories of goods by February 2026, researchers at the New York Federal Reserve found.

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Topics: Federal Reserve, Federalism

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