Here's a puzzling question: Why are stocks at record highs despite looming tariffs?

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Here's a puzzling question: Why are stocks at record highs despite looming tariffs?

npr.org/2025/07/27/nx-s1-5476238/trump-stocks-market-economy-tariffs-businesses

Here's a puzzling question: Why are stocks at record highs despite looming tariffs?
From businesses to Americans across the country, everybody seems worried that the economy will be hit badly if the massive tariffs threatened by President Trump go into effect this week on Aug. 1.
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