Subject: Re: o/t, retail in America, WMT,
Three million net loss in 14 years to a current population of 39.5 million looks sustainable to me.
I suppose it depends on where you get you information.
According to https://www.ppic.org/publicati...
There was a less than 400K drop the first 2 years of the pandemic followed by a rebound.
Although I wouldn't be surprised if the current federal anti-non-white policies drive it down further.