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Neighborhood pawn shops a bellwether for local economic pressures

Even before new tariffs were implemented, Sol's General Manager John Dineen says he noticed trends showing the impacts of inflation outpacing wage growth.
Pawn shops a leading indicator in local economic pressures
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OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — Just as Nebraskans and Iowans are working to understand how tariffs or other economic pressures might influence the decisions they make, at 3 News Now, we're doing the same - as we think through stories from our neighborhoods.

Mary Nelson talked to Sol's Jewelry & Loan General Manager John Dineen, who started with the company 32 years ago, about what he's seeing in real time - serving business owners and shoppers alike.

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