Point of Clarification wrote:
Question for clarification: What are you referring to when you use the phrase "cost controls"?
Budgeting for businesses.
Businesses try to control their costs for future budgets.
But this uncertainty makes it hard for them to know what may be profitable, what kind of headcount they will need, how to price their products, etc.
What will steel and aluminum cost?
What will food cost be?
Trump's at whim tariffs throw that into turmoil.