How tariffs could impact wedding budgets | CNN Business

President Donald Trump’s trade agenda isn’t helping the average cost of a US wedding, which has risen by 18% to $33,000 over the last five years, according to The Knot, a global wedding planning and vendor marketplace.

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Using Questionable Statistics to Drive Up Wedding Costs?

How can an average wedding cost $35,329 when 62% of American have less than $1,000 in their savings account and only 10-20% have more than $1,000 in savings? (Perhaps this is because they spent it all on weddings and are now complaining they have no money?)

In my state, about 1 in 4 children live in poverty. More than 1 in 4 citizens qualify for Medicaid, which has extremely low-income levels for qualifying.

The only way these numbers can all be true is a small number of people spend a huge amount on weddings, or a large number live in poverty because they spend a lot on elective luxuries like high end weddings. Or the wedding estimates are bogus.