Assessing tariff pass-through to consumer prices in Canada: Lessons from 2018

US trade protectionism is making the economic outlook increasingly uncertain. To assess how consumer prices may respond to tariffs, we examine a tariff episode from 2018 using detailed microdata and the synthetic control method.

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Bank of Canada Research
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2025-06-20
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https://doi.org/10.34989/san-2025-18
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Artistic and Creative Research
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Assessing tariff pass-through to consumer prices in Canada: Lessons from 2018

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Assessing tariff pass-through to consumer prices in Canada: Lessons from 2018

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Abstract

US trade protectionism is making the economic outlook increasingly uncertain. To assess how consumer prices may respond to tariffs, we examine a tariff episode from 2018 using detailed microdata and the synthetic control method.

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