US Owners Call Current Crisis 'Worse Than Covid' — SkimNews
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- CNN reports American business owners are barely getting by, with some calling current conditions a "crisis even bigger than Covid."
- CNBC attributes the squeeze on U.S. companies to a combination of tariffs, soaring fuel costs, and higher interest rates.
- WSJ frames the energy-price spike as a structural question, asking whether high prices are here to stay and noting the economy "has answers."
Why it matters: Three major business outlets converging on the same narrative — that tariffs, fuel costs, and interest rates are crushing U.S. companies more severely than Covid did — signals a consensus that small-business stress is the defining economic story of the moment, with direct implications for hiring and consumer spending.
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