WASHINGTON — Other than the Social Security Administration’s need for data collection in relation to cost-of-living-adjustments, the shuttering of the U.S. government has caused federal economic data collection to cease.

Due to this, the full impact of tariffs imposed by the administration of President Donald Trump may not be fully realized until early next year.

“We won’t know the true impact for a while due to the lapse in federal data collection and for other reasons as well,” said West Virginia University economist John Deskins.

The tariffs’ consistently changing has also been cause for concern, because just when producers and consumers think they have a handle on the policies, they seem to change.

In late October, Trump increased tariffs on Canada by 10% after an advertisement by

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