However, it's only now that we're beginning to feel the added pinch of this new import tax. Because it takes time for imports to reach American ports, be transported to local stores and shops, it has taken this long for us to see those new, tariff-laden goods. Labor Day Weekend was the beginning of what we anticipate will be a sustained elevation in prices due to tariffs.
Regrettably, we're only at the first chapter of what will likely be a very long story, one that may have a profound financial influence on us all.