A 2025 Yale Budget Lab analysis estimated that providing $2,000 tariff-funded checks to every individual with income under $100,000 would cost about $450 billion.
January 01, 2025
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Estimate of the fiscal cost of a proposed $2,000 per-person payment funded by tariff revenue.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) reached 9.1% year-over-year in June 2022, constituting a 40-year high in U.S. inflation.
June 01, 2022
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Historic peak in U.S. year-over-year CPI inflation.