Welcome to the Jill on Money Show. It is Tuesday, April 12. A big day today, Mark, because

today we're going to get another reading on inflation, a consumer price index report,

and it's going to stink. We are going to probably see another new high. It'll probably

be, I don't know, eight, maybe a little bit more. Maybe it'll be 8.2% year over year,

and it's going to make everyone insane, and it's just going to tell you what you know,

which is everything costs more. That's kind of where we are right now. Partially because

of the pandemic and supply chain, partially because the surging demand, partially because

all the money that two administrations pushed out to help us during the pandemic, used

to actually chase too few goods and services. All these things together really do spell,

I think higher inflation rate than many people expected, and also that it's going to last

longer. The Federal Reserve officials are out there saying, don't worry, we're going

to take care of it. I sure do hope. Mark, do you have confidence in the Federal Reserve?

Maybe I'm being naive, but I actually kind of do. You believe it. You believe it. Last

week, a lot of Fed officials were yammering and saying like, we are going to get busy. Meanwhile,

meanwhile, as you start contending with higher prices and you are thinking about your own portfolio,

your own financial life, questions may arise. The good news for you is we may be able to help you

out. The way that we can help you is if you go to our website, JillOnMoney.com, and you click

the contact us button, you say, here's my question, here's what's on my mind. If you are willing

to come on the air with us, we can talk it through with you. Otherwise, I'll certainly read the

email on the air. We do that from time to time, and it's a good way to kind of clean out our inbox,

but we love having you join us. Today, we are joined by listener Renee, who's on the line from

Virginia. Hello, Renee, what can we do for you? Hi, Jill. Hi, Mark. Well, I'm in a pit of

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