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Welcome to the NerdWallet Smart Money Podcast, where we answer your money questions in 15 minutes or less.

I'm your host, Liz Weston.

And I'm Sean Piles. As always, be sure to send us your money questions. Call or text us at 901-730 6373.

That's 901-730 nerd. Nerd. Or email us at podcast at nerdwollet.com.

In the next few episodes, we're doing something a little different.

We'll be talking about what the coronavirus pandemic means for the economy

and for your personal finances with the help of our fellow nerds.

We'll begin with mortgage and real estate nerd Holden Lewis.

Holden, there's a lot of talk right now about how bad the

economy could get. So how bad could the economy get? Before I talk about the economy, let's talk about

our company's vision. A nerd wallet, we're creating a world where everyone makes financial

decisions with confidence. We provide clarity for all of life's financial decisions.

And that means that we give the facts. We don't alarm people. We don't lull people into complacency either.

Right now, we don't know how much people will suffer financially or how long. And so, you know,

ignore people who speak with certainty because there is none right now.

Since we can't know what's going to go on in the future, let's talk a little bit about what's

happened in the recent past. What in the world was going on with mortgage rates?

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