Days of our Tariffs - Planet Money

Tariffs. They’ve been announced, unannounced, re-announced, raised and lowered. It’s an on-going saga with billions at stake! On today’s episode, we run full-on at the twisty, turny drama of life with broad-based tariffs and tackle perhaps our most asked question: Are we, regular U.S. shoppers, feeling the tariffs yet? When we’re at the grocery store or the coffee shop, are we paying more for things because of the tariffs? We now have the data to get a very clear answer to that question. Plus, we hear a cautionary tale from our dear colleague James Sneed, who ordered a collectible doll and wound up with a surprise tariff bill at his door. Related episodes: <ul class="rte2-style-ul"><li><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/06/11/1253992700/tariffs-ieepa-trump-legal-emergencies-law"target="_blank" >Are Trump's tariffs legal?</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/03/22/1197958526/temu-website-app-shopping"target="_blank" >...