US economy maintains its high S&P credit rating, analysts find Trump tariffs offset his tax cuts
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When Trump began to rolling out his tariff-increase plan in February on U.S. trading partners, many economists predicted the U.S. economy and global financial markets would tumble. “Amid the rise in effective tariff rates, we expect meaningful tariff revenue to generally offset weaker fiscal outcomes that might otherwise be associated with the recent fiscal legislation, which contains both cuts and increases in tax and spending,”
*Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said tariff revenues for this year could be “well in excess of 1% of GDP,” revising his previous estimate of $300 billion.
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When Trump began to rolling out his tariff-increase plan in February on U.S. trading partners, many economists predicted the U.S. economy and global financial markets would tumble. “Amid the rise in effective tariff rates, we expect meaningful tariff revenue to generally offset weaker fiscal outcomes that might otherwise be associated with the recent fiscal legislation, which contains both cuts and increases in tax and spending,”
*Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said tariff revenues for this year could be “well in excess of 1% of GDP,” revising his previous estimate of $300 billion.