Americans Start 2025 with Economic Anxiety

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🗓️ 1 January 2025

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Summary

For many Americans, a new year means a new set of resolutions, and a recent study found that over two-thirds of respondents are looking to make a financial resolution in 2025. Getting your finances and budget in order can be a lofty goal, especially amid consumers still saying their wallets are feeling the lingering pain of inflation. Senior economic analyst at Bankrate Mark Hamrick joins the Rundown to explain why Americans are changing their tune about the state of the economy and what simple financial steps they can take to be better off in 2025. With 2024 freshly behind us, a look back at one of the stories that dominated the headlines this past year: the issue of chronic health in America. Last spring, special guest host Dana Perino had a conversation with Stanford-trained physician and co-founder of Levels, Dr. Casey Means, who believes that the key to a healthy lifestyle is understanding your body and metabolism. She joined to talk through some key lessons from her new book "Good Energy," and the imperfections within the American healthcare system that are negatively impacting patients. Plus, commentary from FOX News contributor and host of the Jason In The House podcast, Jason Chaffetz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Charles Pan.
0:00.9	I'm Kat Timp.
0:01.8	I'm Stuart Varnie, and this is the Fox News Rundown.
0:08.0	Wednesday, January 1st, 2025, and Lisa Brady.
0:12.6	Many Americans are holding out hope.
0:14.8	Inflation won't be quite as sticky in 2025.
0:18.7	Some are optimistic and thinking maybe they're getting ahead of it or winning the
0:23.3	race and others are like, nah, we still have to pick up the pace here. I'm Dana Perino. Feeling better,
0:30.2	both physically and mentally, begins with a good diet and learning the keys to limitless health.
0:35.4	People are very confused about health and there are so many voices in the nutrition space,
0:38.9	the health space, the fitness space, and everyone's confused.
0:41.6	And so a lot of us are spinning and feel paralyzed.
0:44.2	And I'm Jason Chaffetz.
0:45.9	I've got the final word on the Fox News Rundown.
0:52.7	The hottest inflation subsided, but the pain has lingered across America.
0:58.3	What I think people are feeling right now is the effect of high prices, not high inflation.
1:04.7	So we understand very well that prices went up by a great deal, and people really feel that.
1:10.6	Fed Chair Jerome Powell, after a quarter point cut in the central bank's benchmark interest rate
1:16.3	at the Fed's December meeting, their third rate cut of 2024.
1:20.6	But they also lowered the projected number of cuts for 2025 from four down to two,
1:26.6	signaling concern about persistent inflation.
1:29.3	I think that the slower pace of cuts for next year really reflects both the higher inflation
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