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“With so much business investment and consumer spending dependent on exuberance about AI, any disappointments could sap the current economic momentum and expose the negative impact of tariffs, immigration restrictions, and other policies,” she said.

New Jersey has the nation’s highest top state tax rate on corporate income, which saps investment in poor and rich places.

The strikes portend a tough winter ahead for Ukraine, as Russia aims to make life harder for Ukrainians and sap their morale.

But they warn that higher costs from imported goods and materials could sap hiring as firms shield profit margins from the hit delivered by tariffs.

Slow economic growth, sticky levels of inflation and growing illegal migration, combined with a series of stumbles that have forced Starmer to fire key advisers and allies, have all sapped the prime minister’s political standing.