Rick Farmer
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first heard Apr 2025
last heard Apr 2025
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Economic development officer for Newberry County, South Carolina
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentThe Journal.The Tariff Trade Off: Jobs vs. Higher Prices · 11:59 · Apr 2025
…So this is where it gets a bit tricky. And we had to turn to a economic study that came out around 2020. And the authors of that study essentially did some math to show that prices of washing machines in the U.S. went up about 12% after Trump imposed his tariffs. And that averages out to about $86 per washer. I mean, that's what economists say tariffs do, u…
Kate LeinbaughThe Journal. · The Tariff Trade Off: Jobs vs. Higher Prices · 5:38 · Apr 2025
…But then, Rick caught wind of another project that could turn around his town's fortunes.…
Kate LeinbaughThe Journal. · The Tariff Trade Off: Jobs vs. Higher Prices · 5:01 · Apr 2025
…Rick Farmer's job as Newberry's economic development officer is to keep jobs in town and bring in more. which is why it was such a gut punch when Caterpillar said in 2016 it was moving out and leaving Newberry with an empty factory.…
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