Stacey Vanek-Smith

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78 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 28 Aug

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Marketplace · Retail feels the squeeze · 14 Aug 2026 podcast

And it does sometimes feel like it gets kind of wonky and esoteric, but it really affects our lives.

And I think what the the bond market is reacting to is just a ton of uncertainty.

Nobody knows really where Warsh stands yet, how he's gonna do the job, which isn't necessarily bad.

He's he's new in the job.

But I think what we're seeing at least in part is just a lot of uncertainty over what he's gonna do.

I think that's a good point.

It does seem like the tariffs are dead long with the tariff situation, for sure.

I think the difference is, though, for consumers right now.

I think consumers are in a very different place.

We got numbers from the Tax Foundation that in 2025, tariffs cost households about $1,000.

I think with high gas prices, inflation continuing to climb, wages not keeping up with inflation, I think consumers are just in an increasingly...

difficult situation trying to pay for things.

And I think that $1,000, which is expected to be more this year, is really starting to change for consumers and businesses.

I think maybe we're going to get close to hitting a wall here pretty soon.

That's pretty much a good sum up of 2026 so far.

Yeah.

I mean, listen, oil is just another tough situation.

We got some pretty promising inflation numbers earlier this month.

And now it seems like Strait of Hormuz is closed again.

Oil's back up around 90 bucks a barrel.

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