• workerONE@lemmy.world
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    Within the last month all of the apartment buildings around us have put up vacancy signs in California. We talked to some of the managers, people are being laid off, their hours are being cut, they are moving in with family members to save money. I assumed that people self-deporting would be a factor since a couple of months ago Trump targeted Venezuelans who had asylum claims, but seems like this new situation is due to a bad job market and bad business outlooks.

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      Importers knew they are coming and stockpiled products beforehand. Now the stocks imported before tariffs run out and tariffs are impacting prices. On top of that they are starting to import different products for Christmas (like toys) all of which have tariffs.

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    A teacher talking about whether her students had breakfast is probably just about the least reliable data point I can think of.