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The interesting thing about Amy and Jen's piece is they looked back at how much prices went up over the last three years.

And we found that the companies that had expanded their margins were the ones that are doing,

some of the ones that are doing, some of the ones

that are doing poorly right now. And it's true, too, when you look at the dollar stores in the

United States, they have passed quite a lot of cost onto their consumers and they're actually

struggling. So it's not just how little or how much someone is spending. It's how much more

expensive they feel like that marginal item is now than it was three or four years ago.

The US consumer is crucial to charging the world's largest economy. But what happens when it's

showing signs of strain? What happens to the likes of McDonald's and Starbucks? Stay tuned to this

week's views room to find out. Welcome back to the Views Room. I'm Amy Donman. And I'm Jonathan Guilford. This week we're focusing on the all-important U.S. consumer, the driving force of the world's economic growth engine and the challenges that they face as a pandemic-era spending boom recedes. We are joined by Breaking View's U.S. editor Lauren Silver Loughlin

and columnist Jennifer Saber to talk us through what's happening on the American Main Street. And Amy, looking forward to hearing from your recent tour of the travails of firms from Walmart to Starbucks and how they're keeping up with what's happening. So stay tuned for the Views Room, the weekly podcast from Reuters Breaking Views, where Amy and I talk to our fellow columnists about the big stories of the week.

And please, rate us or leave us a review on whatever podcast platform you find us.

Lauren, Jen, thank you so much for joining us on the Views Room.

Thanks for having me.

So we've heard a lot recently out of agencies like the International

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