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Johonny

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9. In some sense, you have to
Fri Apr 4, 2025, 06:10 PM
Apr 2025

Because you have to anticipate costs going up, so you need to make more now.

Companies will also delay new orders, so manufacturing will go down, way down, as companies move through current inventory in hopes of riding out tariffs. Plus, many will have to figure out the new, almost certainly lower demand.

Then there are the middle men and small companies that will just fold. They're almost certainly going to fold soon.

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