I talked to the European Central Bank about money stress. Here's what came up.

By Emilie Bellet, Founder of Vestpod

I was invited onto the European Central Bank's podcast, What the Euro?!, to discuss the rising cost of living and the effect it's having on the way people think and feel about money.

What struck me most wasn't the discussion about inflation itself. It was why they wanted to speak to Vestpod in the first place. They weren't looking for economic forecasts or commentary on interest rates. They wanted to understand how people are experiencing these economic shifts in their everyday lives: what happens when the headlines about rising prices start showing up in supermarket receipts, energy bills and bank balances.

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