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The Price Impact of Canadian Retaliatory Tariffs

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  • Alberto Cavallo
  • Olena Kostyshyna
  • Oleksiy Kryvtsov
  • Matías Vieyra

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How do import tariffs affect retail prices? We combine daily product-level posted prices from seven major Canadian retailers with product-level tariff exposure to estimate tariff effects in a difference-in-differences framework. Prices of tariffed goods rose gradually, peaking at 6% after three months, implying pass-through of roughly one quarter of the 25% tariff. We find little spillover to untariffed substitutes and a rapid reversal of price effects after tariff removal. Adjustment occurred mainly through the frequency of price changes. Pass-through shifted with trade-policy news and was larger for products labeled “Tariffed”, showing that tariff-induced inflation depends on policy expectations and tariff salience.

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  • Alberto Cavallo & Olena Kostyshyna & Oleksiy Kryvtsov & Matías Vieyra, 2026. "The Price Impact of Canadian Retaliatory Tariffs," Staff Working Papers 26-22, Bank of Canada.
    • Handle: RePEc:bca:bocawp:26-22
    DOI: 10.34989/swp-2026-22
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    • E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
    • F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy

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