Assessing tariff pass-through to consumer prices in Canada: Lessons from 2018

Alexander Lam

No 2025-18, Staff Analytical Notes from Bank of Canada

Abstract: US trade protectionism is making the economic outlook increasingly uncertain. To assess how consumer prices may respond to tariffs, we examine a tariff episode from 2018 using detailed microdata and the synthetic control method.

Keywords: Inflation and prices; International topics; Recent economic and financial developments; Trade integration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E3 E30 E31 F1 F10 F13 F14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-06
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