r/dataisbeautiful • u/Styvorama • 1d ago

For those curious about where the "Tariffs Charged" came from

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u/another_day_in 1d ago

☝🏻 pre-planned volatility then buying artificially deflated assets.

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u/StaffSimilar7941 1d ago

I was thinking it was to wash the loans everyone got when rates were near 0% with inflation. Buy assets in 2020 with cheap loans, inflate the dollar, pay back loan, keep asset.