{"id":558,"date":"2025-11-14T19:53:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T19:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/crer\/?p=558"},"modified":"2025-12-08T20:01:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T20:01:48","slug":"11-14-25-trump-slashes-tariffs-on-grocery-staples-like-coffee-beef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/crer\/2025\/11\/14\/11-14-25-trump-slashes-tariffs-on-grocery-staples-like-coffee-beef\/","title":{"rendered":"11\/14\/25: Trump Slashes Tariffs on Grocery Staples Like Coffee &amp; Beef"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1023\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-08-150017.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-559\" style=\"width:309px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-08-150017.png 1023w, https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-08-150017-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-08-150017-580x328.png 580w, https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/152\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-08-150017-610x345.png 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 1023px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Local3News in Chattanooga interviewed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/gary-w-rollins-college-of-business\/crer\/people#HowardJWallDirectorandChiefEconomist\">CRER director and chief economist Howard Wall<\/a> about the effects of tariff cuts on affordability. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;The inflation rate has been rising since April. 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