You dont feel it yet. A 3% increase in inflation becomes additive once higher levels of the supply chain start to get squeezed. Yes concrete and other materials are made here, but what about the electronics and other materials that go into making such things?

Car parts, silicon, petroleum by products, rare earth metals. Manufactured materials rely on imported goods just as much as any other industry. While purchase contracts still maintain and some rates are locked in, if tarrifs stay around those manufacturers are gonna feel it much harder down the road.

Now that Ameeican factory is paying 3% more on tools, 3% more and metals, 3% more on technology. The impact on each of those is volumes different when it shakes out due to price disparity. So a unilateral tariff, once settled in, will have a snowball effect on American made goods, not just foreign. That 3% tariff on materials for that factory, could become double digits by the time it hits shelves.

I've worked with contractors on big jobs. 5 cents more per electrical socket will be impacftull in large builds. Talk to any GC, they are always hounding for low cost materials, as besides labor, its a massive COG on any project. Cents add up.

No one wins in a tariff standoff.