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Abscate  Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 23797 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2025 3:24 am Post subject: Re: What is the future of Chinese parts? |
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pondoras box wrote: |
Prices didnโt go down after supply chain issues because of Covid, in fact inflation ran rampant. So probably not. |
5% inflation isnโt rampant, and it eased back to the 2% target fairly quickly. There were spikes in certain foodstuffs but generally things have come back down.
Tariffs are a short term spike, market competition takes longer to push prices back down as they are used to test the market for higher prices, agreed. _________________ ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ธ ๐ ๐ ๐ |
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oprn Samba Member

Joined: November 13, 2016 Posts: 14723 Location: Western Canada
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2025 5:12 am Post subject: Re: What is the future of Chinese parts? |
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Ya, don't hold your breath waiting... same as when you get a raise at work, you don't give it back easily! _________________ Our cars get old, we get old but driving an old VW never gets old! |
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pondoras box Samba Member

Joined: March 22, 2004 Posts: 1565 Location: Eerie PA
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2025 7:06 am Post subject: Re: What is the future of Chinese parts? |
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Inflation grew 2% since January it didnโt drop down to 2% in fact that doesnโt even make since. There was no negative inflation. The old inflation is still there. Growth has slowed to a healthy amount. Interest rates have dropped. Inflation was well over 5% itโs what caused the interest rates to go up to highest in decades. Now with slower inflation growth interest rates will drop, commodities will get cheaper but prices on goods will stay darn near where they were. Did cars get cheaper no how about homes? Not around here. _________________ Looking for anything from Hal Casey Motors out of Hamburg New York, from license plate surrounds to matchbooks.
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1965 11 Window (Zelda). https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=563183
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1960 hardtop
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oprn Samba Member

Joined: November 13, 2016 Posts: 14723 Location: Western Canada
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Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2025 4:47 am Post subject: Re: What is the future of Chinese parts? |
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The only thing that has come down here is the price of fuel. That is because the present government dropped the carbon tax (a hot button issue) to get more votes. It worked, they got back in!
Which reminds me... I need to get a load of coal before they put the tax back on! _________________ Our cars get old, we get old but driving an old VW never gets old! |
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zerotofifty Samba Member
Joined: December 27, 2003 Posts: 3750
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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2025 9:48 am Post subject: Re: What is the future of Chinese parts? |
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oprn wrote: |
The only thing that has come down here is the price of fuel. That is because the present government dropped the carbon tax (a hot button issue) to get more votes. It worked, they got back in!
Which reminds me... I need to get a load of coal before they put the tax back on! |
Gasoline at $4.50 in California right now, a recent drop, probably to reduce the shock of the $0.65 carbon tax that is to go into effect July 1st in two weeks in sunny California.
Buckle up, it is going to be rough out here. _________________ Sorry About That Chief.
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Abscate  Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 23797 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2025 4:04 am Post subject: Re: What is the future of Chinese parts? |
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zerotofifty wrote: |
oprn wrote: |
The only thing that has come down here is the price of fuel. That is because the present government dropped the carbon tax (a hot button issue) to get more votes. It worked, they got back in!
Which reminds me... I need to get a load of coal before they put the tax back on! |
Gasoline at $4.50 in California right now, a recent drop, probably to reduce the shock of the $0.65 carbon tax that is to go into effect July 1st in two weeks in sunny California.
Buckle up, it is going to be rough out here. |
War in Middle East will push oil to near $90 , itโs way up already
Inflation annualized has been at 2-3%for the past year. Anecdotes like price of eggs are useless drivel, any one item can have local spikes which people cherry pick for their purposes. Good data is at tradingeconomics.com.
BLS is actually reducing inflation data collection as this administration wants to control alternative facts with things like LieSocial _________________ ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ธ ๐บ๐ธ ๐ ๐ ๐ |
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coad  Samba Scapegoat

Joined: September 12, 2002 Posts: 7568
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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2025 4:37 am Post subject: Re: What is the future of Chinese parts? |
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I guess we're done talking about Chinese parts, so this thread is finished. |
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