Kristen Schwab
speaker
32 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 19 Feb
Kristen Schwab’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 1 in all, peaking in Feb 2026 with 1.
Appearances
In 2022, inflation peaked at over 9%.
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That hit people really hard.
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Heidi Sheerholz, president of the Economic Policy Institute, says around 2021 and 22, inflation rose nearly as much as it had during the 10 years before.
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Christopher Blackington, the guy who's looking for an air fryer, he's still adjusting.
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He's 44 and lives in Maine with his wife and two-year-old son.
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He says his salary as an assistant at a community college has kept up with inflation, but it doesn't feel like it.
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A new set, because they're all digital now, cost $1,000.
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It didn't used to be that way when they were just regular metal keys.
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The thing about life is as we grow older and as we grow at work, we expect to grow financially.
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Treading water never feels good.
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And if you were underwater before all of this inflation kicked in, the price is never really going to be right.
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I'm Kristen Schwab for Marketplace.
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