For Cameron Pappas, owner of Norton's Florist in Birmingham, Alabama, the artificial intelligence boom is a world away. While companies like Nvidia , Alphabet and Broadcom are lifting the stock market to fresh highs and bolstering GDP, Pappas is experiencing what's happening in the real economy, one that's far removed from Wall Street and Silicon Valley. Small businesses like Norton's, and companies of all sizes in retail, construction and hospitality, are struggling from higher costs brought