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    Trump touts falling aluminum prices after tariffs

    U.S. aluminum prices are dropping, despite a 10% tariff imposed by President Donald Trump on the metal in early March intended to protect U.S. companies and allow for the creation of new manufacturing plants, one of his main promises during the 2016 presidential election.
    The president touted the falling aluminum costs -- down 4% from when the White House first announced the tariffs -- on Twitter early Friday morning.
    “Despite the Aluminum Tariffs, Aluminum prices are DOWN 4%. People are surprised, I’m not!” he wrote. “Lots of money coming into U.S. coffers and Jobs, Jobs, Jobs!”

    More at: https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics...-after-tariffs
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    Last edited by Swordsmyth; 04-06-2018 at 06:32 PM.
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    Bauxite production is relevant to the cost of aluminum more than politics....


    https://www.mining-technology.com/fe...ucers-4274090/

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    I do not really use aluminum but I used to sell it . I do still buy and sell some copper, nickel and lead. I usually know about what current copper price is but I really do not pay much attention to aluminum.

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    Oh, look. Mr. I Don't Sell Trump is sending out mass spam.

    Four percent. Who the $#@! cares?
    Last edited by acptulsa; 04-06-2018 at 06:53 PM.
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    We believe our lying eyes...

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    And yet dire predictions of higher prices were made nonetheless.

    Almost as if... they didn't know wtf they were talking about and were just regurgitating a hypothesis that is not anywhere near as relevant to the real world as they thought.

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    Extra extra read all about it. Tax increases now lead to price drops. I mean, make it more expensive for people to buy a product and the price just drops.

    How can u people be so foolish. And even prices drops, they dropped inspite of the tariffs and were going to drop anyway.

    https://www.fastmarkets.com/base-met...es-and-charts/

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    Quote Originally Posted by Swordsmyth View Post
    U.S. aluminum prices are dropping, despite a 10% tariff imposed by President Donald Trump on the metal in early March intended to protect U.S. companies and allow for the creation of new manufacturing plants, one of his main promises during the 2016 presidential election.
    The president touted the falling aluminum costs -- down 4% from when the White House first announced the tariffs -- on Twitter early Friday morning.
    “Despite the Aluminum Tariffs, Aluminum prices are DOWN 4%. People are surprised, I’m not!” he wrote. “Lots of money coming into U.S. coffers and Jobs, Jobs, Jobs!”

    More at: https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics...-after-tariffs
    Dead cat bounce. Give it time, way too soon to see all of the horrific effects yet.



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    Still eleven percent higher than a year ago. Prices rose in anticipation of the tariffs.

    Last edited by Zippyjuan; 04-06-2018 at 07:38 PM.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Zippyjuan View Post
    Still eleven percent higher than a year ago. Prices rose in anticipation of the tariffs.
    Panic buying, now the price is dropping again.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Swordsmyth View Post
    Panic buying, now the price is dropping again.
    But not to as low as it was. Prices are still higher.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zippyjuan View Post
    But not to as low as it was. Prices are still higher.
    It took time to rise and it will take time to drop.
    Also there are other factors involved in setting the price.
    The fact is that the doom and gloom predictions are not happening.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zippyjuan View Post
    But not to as low as it was. Prices are still higher.
    Not enough for my beer can recycling to fund my retirement. MAGA.

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    Quote Originally Posted by phill4paul View Post
    Not enough for my beer can recycling to fund my retirement. MAGA.
    New reality: selling aluminium beer cans to pay for our retirement #MAGA

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    Quote Originally Posted by juleswin View Post
    New reality: selling aluminium beer cans to pay for our retirement #MAGA
    Reality. Government employees won't have to. Join the government. Good times!

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    Consider this , West Texas Light oil is at 62.06 , Copper at 3.05 and wholesale gasoline at 1.95 . If the economy was growing significantly or was expected to I would expect those numbers to be much higher . I never expected tariffs to have any significant impact on pricing . You can run a company or you cannot .
    Do something Danke

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    Quote Originally Posted by juleswin View Post
    Extra extra read all about it. Tax increases now lead to price drops. I mean, make it more expensive for people to buy a product and the price just drops.

    How can u people be so foolish. And even prices drops, they dropped inspite of the tariffs and were going to drop anyway.

    https://www.fastmarkets.com/base-met...es-and-charts/
    You are linking the price for aluminum in London which is not conducive to the price in the USA. You graduated from the school of Zippyjuan...
    I just want objectivity on this forum and will point out flawed sources or points of view at my leisure.

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    Quote Originally Posted by phill4paul View Post
    Reality. Government employees won't have to. Join the government. Good times!
    That is why I got into healthcare. Medicare and medicaid is essentially responsible for my pay. Thank you socialized medicine

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    Quote Originally Posted by spudea View Post
    You are linking the price for aluminum in London which is not conducive to the price in the USA. You graduated from the school of Zippyjuan...
    You mean to tell me that the chart in pound and dollar is the London market? I just got that from google search and assumed that the chart in dollar referred to US market. Maybe you can link me to a chart that reflects the US market cos I am just confused.

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    Quote Originally Posted by juleswin View Post
    That is why I got into healthcare. Medicare and medicaid is essentially responsible for my pay. Thank you socialized medicine
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    http://www.kitcometals.com/charts/al...cal_large.html

    Found this site with charts. Looks similar to the previous one I posted.

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    LOL Just like his tax reform - immediate response by the market!

    Lets take a look at prices in a few weeks/months, and then lets see whose fault it is when prices creep up... (then again, if production halts, aluminum may be pennies for a pound)


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    Quote Originally Posted by juleswin View Post
    Extra extra read all about it. Tax increases now lead to price drops. I mean, make it more expensive for people to buy a product and the price just drops.

    How can u people be so foolish. And even prices drops, they dropped inspite of the tariffs and were going to drop anyway.
    Stop baffling them with sound reasoning.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Swordsmyth View Post
    U.S. aluminum prices are dropping, despite a 10% tariff imposed by President Donald Trump on the metal in early March intended to protect U.S. companies and allow for the creation of new manufacturing plants, one of his main promises during the 2016 presidential election.
    The president touted the falling aluminum costs -- down 4% from when the White House first announced the tariffs -- on Twitter early Friday morning.
    “Despite the Aluminum Tariffs, Aluminum prices are DOWN 4%. People are surprised, I’m not!” he wrote. “Lots of money coming into U.S. coffers and Jobs, Jobs, Jobs!”

    More at: https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics...-after-tariffs
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    Still no one can tell me whether Trump's "proclamation" of tariffs carried any legal weight or whether it was more fake news.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Swordsmyth View Post
    U.S. aluminum prices are dropping, despite a 10% tariff imposed by President Donald Trump on the metal in early March intended to protect U.S. companies and allow for the creation of new manufacturing plants, one of his main promises during the 2016 presidential election.
    The president touted the falling aluminum costs -- down 4% from when the White House first announced the tariffs -- on Twitter early Friday morning.
    “Despite the Aluminum Tariffs, Aluminum prices are DOWN 4%. People are surprised, I’m not!” he wrote. “Lots of money coming into U.S. coffers and Jobs, Jobs, Jobs!”

    More at: https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics...-after-tariffs
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    Quote Originally Posted by devil21 View Post
    Still no one can tell me whether Trump's "proclamation" of tariffs carried any legal weight or whether it was more fake news.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Rebel Poet View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by juleswin View Post
    http://www.kitcometals.com/charts/al...cal_large.html

    Found this site with charts. Looks similar to the previous one I posted.
    honestly I've forgotten what we are going back and forth about. The chart clearly shows the current price is lower than when the tariffs were implemented. The exact opposite of what many here predicted. You appear to be focused on the spike in the past couple days, which a trend it is not. I'm reading articles about domestic producers coming back online creating jobs here at home. When these producers enter the market will counter the price effect on imported aluminum. Its not like you suggest that prices will always be higher with tariffs and lower without tariffs. There is a clear difference in economic theory and economic reality when multiple additional variables are considered.
    I just want objectivity on this forum and will point out flawed sources or points of view at my leisure.

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