What Economic Uncertainty Means for Your Finances
We talk with financial experts about how economic uncertainty should affect our financial choices.
April 14, 2025
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What Economic Uncertainty Means for Your Finances
Summary
The U.S. economy has been rattled by back-and-forth tariff policies, a seesawing stock market, and concerns about inflation continuing to rise. Americans are worried about their job security, retirement funds, and the rising costs of goods from groceries to SUVs. We talk with financial experts to help us make sense of the economic uncertainty and how it should affect our financial choices. Are you doing anything differently in response to tariffs, inflation or market fluctuations?
Guests:
Jessica Roy, personal finance and utility columnist, San Francisco Chronicle
Ramit Sethi, personal finance expert; author, "I Will Teach You To Be Rich"; host, "I Will Teach You To Be Rich" podcast and the Netflix series "How to Get Rich"
Susannah Snider, managing editor for money, U.S. News
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