Import prices see biggest rise in nine months, but they’re not spurring inflation

The cost of imports has been pretty tame for the past few years, but they could play a bigger role in U.S. inflation if President Trump follows through with his threat of stiff tariffs on a broad array of foreign goods.

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Import prices see biggest rise in nine months, but they’re not spurring inflation

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