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    Tariffs and stubborn inflation are converging at the worst possible moment for the United States economy, just as the crucial holiday period should be delivering a year-end lift. Instead of a clean finish to the year, the data and the anecdotes now point in the same direction: a December slowdown that is pinching households, employers, and policymakers at once. The pressure is visible from factory floors to shopping malls, and it is reshaping how I read the outlook for early 2026. What is emerging is not a classic recession story but a more complicated squeeze, where higher prices and trade barriers are dulling ... (full story)

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gilp456
Dec 20, 2025 11:35am
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This just feels like more negative spin from the mainstream outlets. Tariffs and inflation are definitely challenges right now, but focusing so much on a 'December slowdown' while barely mentioning the strong recovery we've had since the shutdown ended? It seems pretty selective to me.
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