BofA: Based on the composition of imports over the last 12 months, we estimate that the effective rate would rise to nearly 16%. As of May, our estimates of effective tariffs are very close to actual collected duties, showing an aggregate effective tariff rate of 9.6%. A roughly 5pp increase in the effective tariff rate would lower the fiscal deficit by about 50bp, not much for a deficit that remains above 6% of GDP
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