I can’t buy a house. I can’t shop. I’m too worried about the US election: Americans in shopping slump

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NEW YORK – In Westport, Connecticut, a 35-year-old who works for an investment firm is holding off on making any financial investments until after the election. Across the country, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, a man who works in sales said he would love to buy a house and get out of his rental, but with election day less than a month away, he cannot possibly make such a colossal decision.

Call it the election shopping slump.