Monica Vantilburg

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1,410 appearances 4 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 22 Jul

Monica Vantilburg’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Networth and Chill with Your Rich BFF · Why Everything Costs More Right Now (And What's Actually Driving It) · 1 Jul 2026 podcast

When costs of goods and services start to rise, people naturally start asking for higher wages in order to pay for those things. voice-verified

And then when employees start making more, voice-verified

The cost of production goes up. voice-verified

So companies increase their prices to make up for the amount they're paying their workers. voice-verified

It's cyclical, which is why it's called built in. voice-verified

And it's important to note that the reason for any of these kinds of inflation is for companies to preserve those profit margins as much as possible. voice-verified

Right. voice-verified

This is not your sign that earning less will make your cost of living easier. voice-verified

It's your employer's sign to pay you what they owe you because corporations have recently posted record high profits and these prices are too damn high. voice-verified

Inflation is so particularly bad right now because of the baseline stuff, like the fact that things are more expensive to produce. voice-verified

and wages aren't rising at the same pace as prices. voice-verified

There are also the ripple effects of these baseline factors. voice-verified

If you listened to our episode on the Federal Reserve, you'll also know that things like interest rates are also decided by inflation. voice-verified

Over the past few months, the Fed has been cutting borrowing costs in hopes of stimulating economic activity so people can spend on bigger purchases. voice-verified

But recently, there's also been these extra wild cards that put even more stress on the cost of production. voice-verified

I'm talking about stuff like tariffs and the war on Iran that are directly putting more costs on companies. voice-verified

And because they don't want to take that L, voice-verified

They pass it on to us, the consumer. voice-verified

The money printing effect is also still with us. voice-verified

About 80% of all U.S. voice-verified

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