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Anthony Hazzard
May 07, 2025

Tariffs are leading to cheaper airfare, but what does this mean overall? Find out more later in this email. 

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✈️ Tariffs Lead To Cheaper Airfare, Uncertainty Among Airlines

Every quarter, public companies reveal their earnings. Wall Street and retail investors then adjust their demand for that company’s stock accordingly.

There are a number of factors that lead to a stock going up or down on a given day. But whether a company meets, fails to meet or exceeds its own earnings expectations matters.

In the midst of tariff uncertainty, two industries have seen major companies halt their typical guidance completely: car companies and airlines.

Just as school is about to release children for the summer, here are some of the headlines we’ve collected in the last few weeks:

According to the first bullet point above, airfare fell 5.3% year-over-year in March. People are reluctant to take vacations and spend money on plane tickets due to the lack of clarity around the economy, making it hard to plan financially.

Business travel growth has also plateaued and could be entering a downturn. International travel is getting hit especially hard with countries in the tariff crosshairs on both sides.

If you like deals on airfare, it may be a good time to scour the market.

💸 Today’s Top Savings Rates

Check out our updated list of Clark.com-approved high-yield savings accounts with the highest rates. Here are the top five APYs on our list as of May 7, 2025.

📊 Stat of the Day

🏖️ $761.1 million: The amount of sand the United States exported in 2023. That makes us the top exporter of sand in the world and represents more than one-third of the global sand trade. Netherlands ($272.9 million) and Germany ($166.4 million) were next.

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