Winter is Coming... For Your Wallet! Trump's Tariffs to Plunder Your Gold!

A Lannister Always Pays His Debts... Except When He Doesn't Want To!

Hark my loyal subjects! Daenerys Targaryen First of Her Name Queen of Meereen Queen of the Andals and the Rhoynar Protector of the Realm Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea Breaker of Chains and Mother of Dragons speaks to you of grave tidings. It seems this… Trump fellow is imposing tariffs that will bleed your coffers drier than the Dothraki Sea in summer. Economists are saying that the average household will lose $3,800 a year! $3,800! That's enough to buy a small dragon egg... or you know a used chariot.

Fire and Blood... and Higher Prices!

This Budget Lab at Yale University whoever they are claims these tariffs and retaliatory actions will hit the common folk hardest. 'When you play the game of tariffs you win or you die.' Well mostly you just pay more for your breeches it seems. China is retaliating with a 34% tariff on U.S. exports. I know a thing or two about retaliating. Ask the slavers of Astapor. It seems China will face an effective tariff rate of at least 54%. 'Dracarys!' to those prices!

Hold the Door... Open to Price Hikes!

The garment industry is being ravaged harder than King's Landing after I... well let's just say things got a bit heated. Clothing shoes gloves and even handbags will see prices surge by 10% to 20%. So you want to dress like a queen? Prepare to pay like one! And who can afford new finery when winter is always coming (for your bank account)?

The Iron Throne... of Debt!

Denise Green some associate professor at Cornell University says the tariffs are 'disastrous.' Well I've seen worse. Ask the masters of Yunkai I made them bankrupt. But the clothing production moving back to the U.S.? 'Very unlikely' says Ernie Tedeschi the lab's director of economics. So the poor are just to eat the price increase?

A Car is Coming!

And cars! Those metal steeds that carry you across the land. Those prices are poised to inflate. Bank of America estimates that new vehicle prices could increase as much as $10,000! $10,000! That is an entire Unsullied army almost I would've bought an army of Unsullied if I knew this would happen before. Erin Witte the director of consumer protection says 'These tariffs will make it much worse!' Well that's what I am here for to make everything better.

The Night is Dark and Full of... Inflation!

As a result the consumer price index could jump to 4.5% later in 2025 Capital Economics estimates. Economists also expect the overall U.S. inflation rate to jump due to tariffs as American businesses will pass some of those costs on to consumers. That's up from 2.8% in February and roughly double the Federal Reserve's long term inflation target. So brace yourselves because winter is coming for your wallet. May the old gods and the new have mercy on us all.