Stacey Vanek-Smith

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1,727 appearances 6 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 12 Sep

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Gas is up 57%, energy more broadly is up forty-five percent, and rent is up thirty-three percent.

And like people are trying to absorb those costs.

And so I just wanted to play you a little clip.

I've put together a little montage of some of the people that I've spoken with in New York and kind of what

It is like in it's an expensive city here.

It's it's expensive even if you've got a lot of money.

Here here you go, Justin.

This is this is all New Yorkers in all different parts of the city.

How do you feel like the economy's doing right now?

Terrible.

What prices have stood out to you?

slice?

Eggs are like a luxury a little bit?

Is there something that like if you had more money or felt better about the economy, something that you would buy?

So I've just I've heard this from everyone that I've spoken with for a couple of years now.

Just people are really struggling, especially with food prices, and just kind of trying to get by is getting harder.

I mean, I think there are a few things going on.

One, as you pointed out, wages have we're keeping up with inflation for a long time, but l you're right, it's on average.

So it's not everybody.

But also they've kind of they've stopped keeping up with inflation, I think, since August.

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