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slash setup welcome to the nerd wallet smart podcast, where we answer your personal finance questions

and help you feel a little smarter about what you do with your money. I'm Sean Piles.

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On this episode of the podcast, we answer a

listener's money question about whether it's better to buy a new car or a used car. But to start

an hour this week in your money segment, we're talking with NerdWallet data journalist Liz

renter about her latest study, which focuses on unequal unemployment recovery in our pandemic-driven

recession.

All right, Liz, welcome to the podcast again.

Hey, thanks, guys. I'm excited to be back.

We're happy to have you.

This is a really interesting study that dug into how the pandemic recession recovery has been pretty unequal for different parts of the economy and different demographic segments.

So to start, can you walk us through some of the economy and different demographic segments. So to start,

can you walk us through some of the most significant findings in your report? Yeah, Sean. So what I

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