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Will tariffs cause inflation?
The distilled view: tariffs are one layer of a broader inflation floor — fragmentation trades efficiency for security, and somebody pays the difference. The inflation call sits split at 51/100 but rising, and the geopolitics call (61/100) says the driver isn't going away.
Synthos Score (parent prediction): 51/100 · graded in public
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