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John Grod's avatar

Not only are you a great analyst, you’re a great writer.

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Liz Aten's avatar

Melody this was a great read! Hanging with regular working people gives the real perspective on what’s going on with the actual economy. In my area housing stats came out and not much is moving except for houses that pop up under $300,000. No one can afford a big mortgage when you have 2 newer cars plus kids to care for. Auto insurance jumped bigly. Electric bills to increase this month and we have tiered water rates increasing every year higher to pay for aging water system upgrades. Walmart is advertising $14 plus an hour and this week noticed new older faces stocking shelves. My trades people still having a hard time keeping lower level young workers. Hard outdoor work and hot weather they quit within a week. Get this...my freezer went bonkers so called to get a repair appointment to be informed it would be over 2 weeks till a tech shows up. The Appliance Center has only 1 tech that repairs refrigerators. This company is the biggest in our area for appliances.....I really miss SEARS and Kenmore products from the past.

Thanks for all your efforts to keep your devoted readers in the know. You can feel discombobulated as to what you see compared to what you hear and read nationally.

I’m just a farm girl looking through a common sense lens. Nothing adds up.

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