I'm Christine Sirclicette. I'm Kyra Blackwell. I'm Rosie Garan, and you're listening to The Wirecutter Show.

This episode is called A Price Check on Tariffs.

Hey, it's Rosie and Christine. Today we're bringing you a quick bonus episode about something many folks have been thinking about and discussing over the last few months how tariffs are affecting prices of everyday products. So if you've seen prices increase on anything in your life lately, you might naturally wonder, is it because of tariffs?

Christine, an example, our car is getting older. We've been seriously considering getting a new one before tariffs increased prices.

My parents just bought an iPad. They'd long been coveting for the same reason. You know, I have friends with young kids who are looking

to buy baby gear. They know that they'll need in the next few months. And then I know folks who are

thinking ahead to how tariffs might affect their holiday shopping. Yeah, I think it's a natural

thing to be thinking about right now. I mean, I've heard a lot of people talking about this in my

life as well. So in case you need a

refresher on what's happening currently with tariffs, because it's been a hot minute since the so-called

Liberation Day back in April, the Trump administration has active tariffs right now, including a 10%

universal tariff, 50% on steel and aluminum, 25% on cars and auto parts, and 30% on goods

from China. And there are multiple exemptions to that. So our colleague, Wirecutter Deputy Editor

Anne Marie Conte, wanted to find out if prices really are going up because of tariffs. And, you know,

if you as a consumer can go out and see the prices going up right now. To get a signal, she and some others on our staff spent

60 days tracking prices on 40 of our recommendations. And the headline? The headline is that

prices really haven't gone up so far. Right. So that, of course, doesn't mean that they won't

change in the future, that other prices haven't changed for other reasons on goods, or that tariffs aren't consequential because, of course, they are. But on this curated selection of wirecutter picks, not much has changed so far.

So in just a minute, Anne-Marie is going to join me in the studio to talk about her findings, what we can expect in the future, and how we might want to think about navigating purchases moving forward.

We'll be back after the break.

We'll be back to the show.

Oh, hello. I'm so excited to be here.

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