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TARIFFS DON'T WORK HOW RETARDS ON TV SAY THEY DO. thegatewaypundit.com In Spite of Increasing Tariffs, US Import Costs DOWN in May -- US Economic Numbers OUTSTANDING Overall! by Joe Hoft In Spite of Increasing Tariffs, US Import Costs DOWN in May — US Economic Numbers OUTSTANDING Overall! June 15, 2019 US costs for imports were reported down in the month of May. This is in spite of liberal cries that the Trump tariffs were going to increase costs to consumers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on Thursday that in May the costs for imported goods were down from the prior month – Prices for U.S. imports declined 0.3 percent in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today, following an increase of 0.1 percent the previous month. Lower fuel and nonfuel prices contributed to the May decline in import prices. U.S. export prices fell 0.2 percent in May, after advancing 0.1 percent in April, 0.8 percent in March, and 0.6 percent in February. Imports U.S. Import prices fell 0.3 percent in May, the first monthly decline since a 1.4-percent drop in December. Import prices advanced 1.8 percent from December to April before the downturn in May. The price index for overall imports decreased 1.5 percent over the past 12 months, matching the drop in January. These were the largest over-the-year declines since the index fell 2.2 percent in August 2016.