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Tariffs and economic growth, both globally and at the checkout line

2025/6/3
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@David Brancaccio : 作为一名新闻记者,我认为全球经济增长正因为关税和相关的不确定性而面临下行风险。经济合作与发展组织(OECD)的经济学家们也得出了相同的结论。这种趋势可能会对全球经济产生广泛的影响,需要我们密切关注。 @Nancy Marshall-Genzer : 作为市场观察员,我注意到经济合作与发展组织(OECD)预测美国今年的经济增长将显著放缓至1.6%。这主要是由于贸易壁垒、信心减弱以及不确定性增加所致。全球经济增长预计也将低于3%,其中美国、加拿大、墨西哥和中国将受到最严重的影响。更令人担忧的是,关税正在推高物价,导致通货膨胀再次抬头。如果贸易战进一步升级,情况可能会变得更糟。因此,OECD建议全球决策者们加强合作,避免关税进一步升级,并鼓励制造商实现供应链的多元化。

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The OECD predicts lower global economic growth due to tariffs and uncertainty, particularly impacting the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and China. Inflation is also expected to rise, and the situation could worsen if the trade war escalates. The OECD advises international collaboration and supply chain diversification.
  • OECD predicts lower global economic growth (below 3%) due to tariffs.
  • Slowdown most concentrated in U.S., Canada, Mexico, and China.
  • Inflation is resurfacing due to tariffs.
  • OECD advises collaboration and supply chain diversification.

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Tariffs and economic growth both globally and at the checkout line. I'm David Brancaccio in Los Angeles. The world will see lower economic growth due to tariffs and tariff uncertainty. This is the conclusion of economists working for the Club of Rich Nations, known as the OECD.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development now says economic growth in the U.S. this year will be a paltry 1.6 percent. The OECD blames substantial barriers to trade, diminishing confidence and heightened uncertainty.

It says global economic growth will fall below 3% this year. The slowdown is expected to be most concentrated in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and China. The OECD warns that inflation is also resurfacing, with tariffs pushing up prices.

adding that things could get worse if the trade war intensifies, with higher trade taxes pushing inflation up even more while tamping down growth. The OECD has some advice for global policymakers. Collaborate to keep tariffs from ratcheting up even more and encourage manufacturers to diversify their supply chains. I'm Nancy Marshall-Genzer for Marketplace.

Now to the economics of heavy metal and not so heavy metal, steel and aluminum taxes on imports set to go into effect tomorrow. They're meant to prop up U.S. jobs, but can also prop up prices even at the supermarket. Here's Marketplace's Samantha Fields. What's the first thing you thought about when you heard Trump was doubling tariffs on steel and aluminum? The price of groceries? Yeah.

Yeah, no, me neither. Tariffs on inputs like steel and aluminum may not seem that connected to food, but they are critical for packaging. David Ortega at Michigan State University says think about all those canned goods you buy. Canned tuna, soda, beer, pet food even. All of them are packaged in steel or aluminum.

Anusha Haley at Wichita State University says most of it is imported. The United States just does not produce enough steel. And the U.S. imports nearly 70 percent of tinplate steel.

that manufacturers use for cans of fruits, vegetables, essential foods, and pet foods. If these tariffs remain in effect, she says we're likely to start seeing all sorts of prices go up at the grocery store, and not just on canned goods. For instance, if companies that currently use aluminum to package certain products, like soda, start using more plastic instead, that could cause plastic, and anything packaged in it, to get more expensive too.

because supply and demand. There are also indirect costs, the costs of transportation, the costs of fixing up trucks, etc. All of which also get more expensive as steel and aluminum do. And that can trickle down into the prices we pay for pretty much everything at the store.

John Clear at Alex Partners says retailers are in a tough spot. Because consumers are super conscious of all the price increases, so they know they're losing trust. But also they don't have a lot more room in their margins to continue to swallow costs. Especially after pandemic supply chain issues and the inflation that followed.

So say a company that sells canned vegetables does decide to pass along the increased cost of a steel can to customers. Clear says that might only be an extra two to five cents. Which doesn't seem a lot, but a can of sweet corn at Walmart is like 42 to 45 cents. So an extra five cents would make it cost about 10% more.

And Clear says a lot of people buying canned fruits and vegetables are on SNAP benefits, which already don't go very far. So if you think that's replicated across a number of items in their basket every week, suddenly that actually becomes quite impactful and will ultimately mean that they probably buy one less unit. Which again, might not seem like a lot, he says. But if you're a big company like Walmart and thousands of customers start buying one less can of corn at thousands of stores, it adds up.

I'm Samantha Fields for Marketplace.

Now, the tariffs on steel and aluminum are separate from the April 2nd tariffs on goods from countries worldwide, which are under a legal challenge, but still in effect at least through June the 9th. Later this morning, we'll get a national tally for help-wanted job openings. This will be for April, a bit early to see full effects of the April 2nd global tariff announcement. Forecasters are expected there to be about 100,000 fewer openings, 1.4 percent lower.

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The salary cap puts a limit on the amount teams can pay their players. It also puts a floor on the bottom that teams can pay. Which, he says, means that teams in big cities with wealthier fan bases can't just buy their way to a championship. There's the reassertion of very strong competitive balance, and I think that's uplifting for fans around the league, especially those who are not in the largest markets.

Plus, it doesn't matter all that much to the NBA which teams make it to the finals because the league has contracts locked in with TV networks and streaming services for the next 11 years. Alicia Jessup is a professor at Pepperdine University. So regardless of which teams were going to take off in this matchup, the amount of money that would be generated from media rights was already designated.

The downside, Jessup says, is the teams and league might not make as much ticket revenue compared to selling seats in, say, New York or L.A. And if ratings are low, companies might not want to shell out as much for future sponsorship deals. I'm Henry App for Marketplace.

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