tobin. thanks. appreciate it. tobin marcus with wolfe research meanwhile, warren buffett himself weighed in on tariffs over the weekend, telling cbs's norah o'donnell that they could really hurt consumers. >> tariffs are actually we've had a lot of experience with them. they're they're an act of war to some degree. >> how do you think tariffs will impact inflation. >> over time? there are attacks on on goods. i mean, you know the tooth fairy doesn't pay them. i mean and you always have to just end then what you always have to ask that question in economics always say and then what prices will be higher ten years from now and 20 years from now and 30 years from now. >> we can ask our next guest. and then what? i mean, his then what is that? we get an economic slowdown in the coming months. joining me is dean mackey, the chief economist at point72. dean, it's good to see you. and first of all, to be clear, i mean, there's a lot of bad headlines around the first quarter. i think atlanta fed is now down to almost a mi

tobin: it could get very ugly.nitial executive order imposing these tariffs made it clear the united states reserves the right to further escalate it if there is further retaliation. i think the sense will be there will be retaliation because the canadians and the mexicans cannot just take it sitting down. there is absolute upsides if things go badly. when things get personal, there is a risk things can go south in ways that do not totally line-up with either side's objective interest. lisa: can you develop that idea that what happened friday will influence the likelihood of these tariffs go on tomorrow? tobin: i do not think there is a direct influence. it is more a case study. as trump himself said in the truth social post he put out afterward, it is telling what comes under emotion. if there is an actual move to go forward on these tariffs, the likelihood of tit-for-tat retaliation is something we need to worry about, and if we are locked into a confrontational stance with these two countries, you cannot rule ou

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