{"id":33718,"date":"2025-04-16T13:39:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T17:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/thought-leadership\/?p=33718"},"modified":"2025-05-02T11:02:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T15:02:59","slug":"rob-handfield-on-tariffs-and-consumer-spending-choices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/thought-leadership\/article\/rob-handfield-on-tariffs-and-consumer-spending-choices\/","title":{"rendered":"Rob Handfield on Tariffs and Consumer Spending Choices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. consumers and retail investors are under pressure as President Donald Trump\u2019s tariffs fuel a\u00a0global trade war\u00a0that is tanking markets and threatening to\u00a0drive up prices\u00a0for everything from electronics and cars to sneakers and groceries. <a href=\"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/people\/rbhandfi\/\">Rob Handfield<\/a>, Poole professor of supply chain management, said he expects there will be a short window before shoppers will see the full extent of price hikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you have big purchases you need to make, you might want to think about shopping around to see if they have inventory that hasn\u2019t been hit by tariff,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more from <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-04-05\/trump-tariffs-investing-money-tips-should-i-buy-car-god-stocks-right-now?embedded-checkout=true\">Bloomberg<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"raw":"<!-- wp:ncst\/dynamic-header {\"block\":\"ncst\/default-post-header\"} -->\n<!-- wp:ncst\/default-post-header {\"displayCategoryID\":170} \/-->\n<!-- \/wp:ncst\/dynamic-header -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>U.S. consumers and retail investors are under pressure as President Donald Trump\u2019s tariffs fuel a\u00a0global trade war\u00a0that is tanking markets and threatening to\u00a0drive up prices\u00a0for everything from electronics and cars to sneakers and groceries. <a href=\"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/people\/rbhandfi\/\">Rob Handfield<\/a>, Poole professor of supply chain management, said he expects there will be a short window before shoppers will see the full extent of price hikes.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cIf you have big purchases you need to make, you might want to think about shopping around to see if they have inventory that hasn\u2019t been hit by tariff,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Read more from <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-04-05\/trump-tariffs-investing-money-tips-should-i-buy-car-god-stocks-right-now?embedded-checkout=true\">Bloomberg<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poole professor Rob Handfield discusses how tariffs may impact prices and how consumers navigating market 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