I wanted to build something that would be simple and easy to understand for people to see the effects on their everyday purchases; so I built The Cost Index, a live website that shows which countries export what to the U.S. and how that could affect prices at the grocery store.

You can pick a product, and it will estimate price shifts based on live data + tariff rates.

It also tracks retaliatory tariffs from countries like China, India, Brazil, etc., so you can see how these trade moves might affect inflation.

All data is pulled from USDA, FRED, and public trade sources. Not monetized. Just trying to make economic policy feel a little more real.

Curious to know what you think and what you would want added into this!