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Imagine you walk into your favorite store, pick up a new coffee maker, and pay the price on the tag. You assume that price reflects the cost of materials, labor, and a bit of profit for the company. But there is a silent partner at the checkout counter that you never see: the tariff. Think of a tariff as a toll booth at the border for products coming into the country. When a company imports those goods, they have to pay the government for the right to bring them in. Now, the company writes that check, but they rarely pay the full cost out of their own pocket. Instead, they pass that expense down the supply chain, right to the final price tag on the shelf. Research shows that this pass-through effect is surprisingly fast, often hitting the full amount within just seven months. This is exactly why your grocery and department store bills have been creeping upward. By August 2025, these hidden taxes were actually responsible for over ten percent of headline inflation

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