Stacey Vanek-Smith

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1,727 appearances 6 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 6d ago

Stacey Vanek-Smith’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Gas was up 3.9%, I guess, overall energy.

Without food and energy, if you took those things out, those are often the biggest price movers.

The prices were up only 0.3%.

In the month.

Yeah, 2.4% over the year.

So I love your take on this.

I have so many questions.

Yeah, first of all, I wouldn't believe it myself.

And second of all, it would not go over well.

I'd be thrown out.

Yeah, I would get no kale salad.

I like that actually bright line from Chair Greenspan that because it is true.

If something got two percent more expensive over a year, I probably wouldn't notice.

Right.

If something cost one hundred dollars and I knew that if I didn't buy it now and waited for a year, it would cost one hundred and two dollars more.

I wouldn't be like, well, I've got to buy it now.

Whereas if I knew next year it was going to cost $200, I would run out and buy it, which is what happens when inflation gets really hot.

And you wanted a little, this is also something that's so interesting.

I remember when I first started reporting on inflation, I was, you know, it's like you don't, as economists, you do not want to see prices falling.

Like you

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