Combating Inflation, and Saving for Retirement Amid Climate Change

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast

NerdWallet Personal Finance

Business, Education, Investing, How To

4.2 • 665 Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Gas, groceries and just about everything else are getting more expensive. Sean and Liz share tips for protecting your purchasing power, including cutting expenses and using a savings account that earns interest at the rate of inflation. Then they answer a listener’s question about whether saving for retirement is worthwhile in the face of the climate crisis and other calamities. To send the Nerds your money questions, call or text the Nerd hotline at 901-730-6373 or email [email protected]. Timestamps: This Week in Your Money segment: 0:00 - 12:16 Money Question segment: 12:17 - 27:47 Like what you hear? Please leave us a review and tell a friend. Also, we want to hear from you for an upcoming series about student loans. What would it mean for your life and your finances if your student loans were erased? Or if you’ve already had your debt forgiven, tell us what that did for you. To let us know, please leave a voicemail on the NerdHotline at 901-730-6373 or email a recorded voice memo to [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.9	Welcome to the NerdWallet Smart Money Podcast Podcast where we answer your personal finance questions
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1:04.0	This episode, Sean and I answer a listener's question about whether you should save for retirement amid the climate crisis.
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1:17.5	You guys can listen to the rest of the episode to find out what we have to say. But first in our this week in your money segment, Sean and I are talking about steps you can take to protect your
1:22.1	finances from inflation. I feel like over the past week, this has become something that feels so much closer to
1:28.8	home than it did even three weeks ago because gas prices have skyrocketed. Over the past week alone
1:35.3	in my neighborhood, gas prices have shot up 40 cents per gallon, which is very tough to swallow.
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