Dollar Tree to benefit from tax cuts and minimum wage hikes
February 23, 2018
Matthew Boss, a JPMorgan Chase analyst, expects Dollar Tree’s business to benefit from increases in minimum wages in many states as well as some additional disposable income for some lower-income consumers as a result of the tax cut passed last year by Congress.
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