{"id":403,"date":"2025-04-07T00:32:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T00:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/?p=403"},"modified":"2025-04-07T00:32:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T00:32:53","slug":"4-4-25-economy-expert-says-local-businesses-could-be-impacted-by-trump-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/2025\/04\/07\/4-4-25-economy-expert-says-local-businesses-could-be-impacted-by-trump-tariffs\/","title":{"rendered":"4\/4\/25: Economy Expert Says Local Businesses Could Be Impacted By Trump Tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"896\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-06-202739.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-404\" style=\"width:489px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-06-202739.png 896w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-06-202739-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-06-202739-580x323.png 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-06-202739-610x340.png 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 896px) 100vw, 896px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Channel 3 News in Chattanooga had a story on President Trump&#8217;s tariffs and how they might affect the local economy. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/gary-w-rollins-college-of-business\/crer\/people#HowardJWallDirectorandChiefEconomist\">CRER director Howard Wall<\/a> was featured and said that &#8220;The people who are going to be effected the most are households who are going to be paying much higher prices for some goods. 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