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This is how the US economy comes crashing down
Like Jenga blocks, some of the pieces seem fine, but the base is increasingly fragile.
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Job cuts and weak consumer sentiment are two interlocking "Jenga blocks" of the potentially wobbly US economy.
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Rebecca Patterson
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In the game of Jenga, players remove wooden blocks from a tower and place them on the top. With each move, the tower gets taller and increasingly unstable, until it collapses.
Welcome to the American economy of 2025.
