Lancaster County Economy, Consumer Spending Rebound, and Data Center Expansion. Jim McTague discusses how local businesses in Lancaster County, like the Pancake House and Ephrata Precision Parts, show no recession weakness and report booming business. Con

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🗓️ 18 October 2025

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Lancaster County Economy, Consumer Spending Rebound, and Data Center Expansion. Jim McTague discusses how local businesses in Lancaster County, like the Pancake House and Ephrata Precision Parts, show no recession weakness and report booming business. Consumer spending appears to be rebounding, with full shopping carts and aggressive buying observed at Costco and Walmart. Construction on data centers is underway in the county, contributing to economic expansion. Wall Street bubble talk is present, but markets are not yet characterized by widespread froth.

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0:00.0	Building a coffee business?
0:02.0	Serving the best Americano in town is up to you.
0:04.0	But winning back time and growing your business,
0:06.0	leave that to sum-up.
0:07.0	Take orders and payments anywhere with the new SumUp terminal.
0:10.0	Turn occasional customers into regulars with a free loyalty program.
0:13.0	And with the SumUp point of sale system,
0:15.0	you'll always know when you're running low on your best-selling blends.
0:18.0	Visit sumup.co. UK to learn more.
0:28.0	This is CBS Eye on the World.
0:29.8	Here's John Bachelor.
0:33.9	This is CBS Eye on the World.
0:35.0	I'm John Bachelor.
0:36.8	To Lancaster County, Pennsylvania,
0:38.9	the best county in the Keystone State.
0:44.8	Jim McTag, former Washington editor for Barron's Magazine, now a novelist in Lancaster County.
0:49.0	As Lancaster County goes, so goes the economy of the Keystone State.
0:52.7	As Pennsylvania goes, so goes the United States economy.
0:54.7	That's true for several hundred years.
1:00.4	Is it true now? Jim, a very good day to you. We're checking on the county. We start at the Pancake House in these last days. What did you discover? Good evening to you.
1:05.4	Good evening, John. And I hope your listeners forget that I predicted we would be in a recession
1:09.7	in August because places
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