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  • Goldman Sachs expects aggressive duties from the White House to raise inflation and unemployment and drag economic growth to a near-standstill.
  • In a note Sunday, the firm said “we continue to believe the risk from April 2 tariffs is greater than many market participants have previously assumed.”
  • The firm raised its forecast for inflation this year to 3.5%, cut its GDP outlook to just 1% and raised its unemployment view to 4.5%.
  • werefreeatlast@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Even now we could stop doing idiotic things and we might recover in a few years? But if we continue, we’ll run out of every single company’s rainy day fund. At that point in the not too distant future we’ll start seeing one no-name company go belly up. Then a few days later two, then the next day ten, then 200. Finally we’ll be in a deepest recession ever. People will be jumping out of buildings.

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      2 months ago

      I mean lots of companies are declaring bankruptcy already

      • forever21
      • 23andMe
      • hooters
      • party city (2024)
      • joann
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          Seriously, all of those companies listed have various quality issues that seem to stem for poor policy and a ‘profit at all cost’ mentality.

          Ever been to a hooters that didn’t have a parking lot that was falling apart, or tables and machines that look to have been needing repairs for years? The details might not matter to every consumer, but I know I’d rather visit the restaurant that at least tries to keep up appearances.

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            2 months ago

            Wow I’d never considered that with Hooters but now that you mention it, every Hooters I’ve been in (only 2 of them) has been kind of dark and dirty looking like a 1980s era Pizza Hut.