Daniel Ackerman
speaker
269 appearances
10 recordings
2 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 1 Jun
Daniel Ackerman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And Whirlpool has had an especially strange time with all the tariff back and forth.
It makes more of its appliances in the U.S.
than competitors do.
So McGregor says the IEPA tariffs last year were actually good for Whirlpool.
In terms of creating a more level playing field.
But in February, the Supreme Court struck down those tariffs as illegal.
Refunds that mostly won't be going to Whirlpool.
There are also broader challenges facing the industry.
Neil Saunders, managing director of Global Data, says there are a few main drivers of demand for appliances.
That means parts might be selling okay, but shiny new appliances, not so much.
Saunders says the next driver of demand is upgrading.
A smart oven in this economy?
And finally, there's one of the biggest drivers of appliance sales.
Allie Wolfe is chief economist with Zonda.
She says the housing market is sagging in both the U.S.
and Canada.
And with interest rates still elevated, Robert Dietz, chief economist with the National Association of Home Builders, says the situation may not improve soon.
And Dietz says for every home that doesn't get built, means around $12,000 that don't get spent on appliances.
I'm Daniel Ackerman for Marketplace.
So the deficit overall is not going away.
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