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The firm's sales have been tumbling as consumers see their budgets squeezed by the rising cost of living.

Reeves is expected to dodge some of that squeeze by changing the definition of debt.

Langer has also bristled about narrow sidewalk passages squeezed by vending operations, and vendors parking for hours along red curbs.

But she said the latest figures showed that people continued to "put off purchases of big ticket items" as customer budgets are squeezed by the cost of living.

That’s led to questions about whether Disney has priced out lower- or middle-income visitors and how the park will handle consumers increasingly squeezed by inflation.