What Economic Uncertainty Means for Your Finances

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🗓️ 14 April 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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The U.S. economy has been rattled by back-and-forth tariff policies, a seesawing stock market, and concerns about inflation continuing to rise. Americans are worried about their job security, retirement funds, and the rising costs of goods from groceries to SUVs. We talk with financial experts to help us make sense of the economic uncertainty and how it should affect our financial choices. Are you doing anything differently in response to tariffs, inflation or market fluctuations? Guests: Jessica Roy, personal finance and utility columnist, San Francisco Chronicle Ramit Sethi, personal finance expert; author, "I Will Teach You To Be Rich"; host, "I Will Teach You To Be Rich" podcast and the Netflix series "How to Get Rich" Susannah Snider, managing editor for money, U.S. News Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:28.7	As Trump's trade war rattles, stocks, and bonds, trillions of dollars have been lost in the market. American consumer confidence has dipped to an all-time low, and Trump's
1:34.0	tariffs promised to raise prices on goods, from groceries to cars. The economic whirlwind has left
1:39.5	many Americans wondering how to plan financially. We'll talk about the personal impacts of the financial crisis and hear from you.
1:46.9	How are you feeling about the state of the economy? Is it affecting your money or life choices?
1:51.5	That's all coming up next after this news. Welcome to Forum. I'm Grace Juan, in for Alexis Madrigal. The economy is foremost in many Americans' minds these days.
2:19.5	Trump's tariff regime will slap a 10% levy on imports from almost all countries. That threatens
2:24.7	to raise prices on items ranging from ice cream to iPhones. The Whipsaw movements in the stock
2:30.2	and bond markets have investors on edge and consumers wondering what is happening. Take this
2:35.6	Saturday Night Live skit, which aired over the weekend. Well, the Trump tariffs have caused
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