Music collectors can breathe a sigh of relief: vinyl records and CDs won't be impacted by Donald Trump's new US import tariffs. It has been confirmed by US Customs and Border Protection that physical music formats, including vinyl records, CDs and cassettes, are exempt from the tariffs that took effect last week, which will result in higher prices for countless items consumers purchase from other countries.
Mostly, I remember the fluffy pens. When I was in elementary and middle school, nothing could be cooler than a fluffy pen, at least until it got covered in backpack grime and started to look like an exceptionally long-tailed subway rat. And no place had fluffy pens in abundance like Claire's, a chain that sold accessories and other trinkets and, at the time, seemed to exist in every shopping center in America.
"Descriptive evidence shows that goods categories heavily exposed to imports have indeed experienced sizable price increases since the beginning of this year, relative to their prior trends."