Keeping prices affordable can come at a cost for small business owners. Many are trying to find a balance between keeping prices affordable and keeping the lights on.

Jobs lost at small businesses totaled 120,000 last month. What does that portend for larger companies?

In October, small- and mid-sized businesses actually shrank their headcounts, according to payroll processor ADP. That downsizing, said one business owner in Virginia, was due to the “devastating” tariffs.

The payroll processing firm found in its latest National Employment Report that the labor market just keeps going downhill, with most of the job losses hitting small and medium-sized business the hardest.

But their success will also depend on the overall health of the U.S. economy.

“Death By Audio,” a special effect sound equipment shop, is taking things day by day amid an unpredictable tariff landscape.

According to the August Beige Book, nearly every district reported a modest rise in demand for loans.

Lydia Clarke navigates co-owning two California cheese shops and a bar amid tariffs and a decline in business in downtown Los Angeles.

Aaron Polsky posted a video saying his company might not make it into next week, and “the right person saw it.”

The extended tariff deadline doesn’t help with planning certainty.