Small business owners are feeling the squeeze. With new tariff policies kicking in, many are turning to high-interest rate loans just to keep their operations afloat and cover the spike in costs. It's a tough spot—forced to borrow at steep rates while margins are already tight. This kind of liquidity crunch across the broader economy can have real ripple effects, especially as businesses tighten their belts and consumer spending takes a hit. Worth watching how this plays out in the financial markets.

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StillBuyingTheDipvip
· 2025-12-20 12:10
Now small merchants are really going to be played to death. High-interest loans are just drinking poison to quench thirst.
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RumbleValidatorvip
· 2025-12-19 20:57
The key is whether the debt chain will break, which is the actual trigger point for systemic risk.
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SilentAlphavip
· 2025-12-18 19:05
Tariffs keep coming one after another, small business owners really can't hold on anymore, they even have to take out high-interest loans.
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TopEscapeArtistvip
· 2025-12-17 22:23
The bearish signals are at their peak, and this is a dangerous sign before an economic recession. Small businesses are forced to take high-interest loans, just like I did when I bottomed out last year—asking for death.
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LiquidityWizardvip
· 2025-12-17 22:08
nah actually the real problem here is everyone's ignoring the debt service ratio dynamics... small biz failure rates gonna spike ~34% higher if we don't see rate cuts in Q3, statistically speaking. but sure let's just watch and see lol
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AirdropF5Brovip
· 2025-12-17 21:58
Wow, this is why my friend's store has been sighing every day lately...
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TokenomicsTherapistvip
· 2025-12-17 21:55
Really, small business owners are having an extremely tough time now, with loan interest rates like usury... This is systemic money grabbing.
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