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The insatiable capital demands of the AI infrastructure boom widen the very trade deficits tariffs seek to close.
A nation's efforts to narrow its trade gap through aggressive tariffs are defeated by its own technology sector's relentless importation of foreign-made AI components.
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The Economy
ISM: Factories Still Expanding (54.5) but Prices-Paid Jumps to 77.9 — the War Premium and Tariffs Hit the Factory Gate The critical shortage of advanced computing hardware forces domestic firms to continuously source expensive electronics from overseas, exacerbating input-price inflation.
The Economy
September Retail Sales: The +0.8% Beat Was the Gas Pump — Core Control Slows to +0.1% After August's +1.2% Surge, and Q4 Momentum Fades AI capital-goods imports push the goods deficit to a 16-month high, directly defeating the tariff agenda's stated goal of narrowing the trade gap.