If you would only end the tariffs tomorrow, we could start seeing grocery prices start going down and gas prices start coming down.
OverstatedKathy Hochul, at New York Governor General Election Debate (Spectrum News)
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Why we checked itSpecific causal claim that ending tariffs would directly reduce grocery and gas prices — a verifiable economic assertion about the relationship between tariff policy and consumer prices.
What we foundEnding tariffs would put downward pressure on grocery prices, but multiple credible economic sources agree this would not happen immediately or automatically, and current gas prices are driven primarily by geopolitical factors beyond tariffs.