I am beginning to see the economic impact of of tariffs in the grocery store and stuff I buy from online websites like Amazon. Suddenly and almost overnight, I am seeing my cost of simple goods and services going up. Likewise, when I’m shopping at my favorite food stores I am seeing the cost of some items creeping up 10% to 40% more depending upon the type of food product. Yikes,.. it got me to thinking about how tariffs are squeezing the small business owner and medium sized business that have helped fuel our economy since the 1990’s? While I can see the US stock market is fluctuating but trending upward, the US economy is a puzzle of uncertainty due to the long term impacts of tariffs right now and it makes me worry that I should be doing a better job of paying attention to what’s going on in the global economy.
Mark Letell Adams 