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I can’t buy a house. I can’t shop. I’m too worried about the US election: Americans in shopping slump
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People holding signs in support of Democratic presidential nominee, Vice-President Kamala Harris, on Oct 15 in Cumming, Georgia.
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NEW YORK – In Westport, Connecticut, a 35-year-old who works for an investment firm is holding off on making any financial investments until after the US presidential election. Across the country, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, a man who works in sales said he would love to buy a house and get out of his rental, but with election day just weeks away, he cannot possibly make such a colossal decision.
Call it the election shopping slump.
