{"id":348492,"date":"2025-09-26T00:15:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T05:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/26\/the-safety-of-the-nation-depends-on-upholstered-furniture-and-bathroom-vanities\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T00:15:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T05:15:51","slug":"the-safety-of-the-nation-depends-on-upholstered-furniture-and-bathroom-vanities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/26\/the-safety-of-the-nation-depends-on-upholstered-furniture-and-bathroom-vanities\/","title":{"rendered":"The Safety of the Nation Depends on \u2026 Upholstered Furniture and Bathroom Vanities"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The President invokes Section 232 for national security tariffs. From NYT<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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United States would begin imposing a 50 percent tariff on imported kitchen cabinets, bathroom vanities and associated products, along with a 30 percent tariff on imported upholstered furniture\u2026<\/p>\n

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The tariffs will be issued under a provision of a national security law, known as Section 232<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Another 30% tariff on furniture, where prices have already leapt (relative to import prices) since April 2024.<\/p>\n

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Figure 1:<\/strong> Furniture and household furnishings component of CPI (blue), of PPI (green), import price index for furniture and household furnishings (tan), all in logs 2025M04=0. PPI seasonally adjusted using geometric moving average. Source: BLS via FRED.<\/em><\/p>\n

Consumer prices have already 1.5% percentage points more than import prices.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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