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Jeff Fox on business: Economic uncertainty is taking its toll

Two recent economic snapshots suggest that the region’s economy, like the national economy, continues to move ahead but businesses and consumers are pulling back some as they expect higher inflation among other worries amid the tariff flip-flops and other uncertainties coming from Washington. Eight times a year the Federal Reserve posts its Beige Book reports, a summation of observations by business owners and others across the country.

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