Your Clutter Is Costing More Than You Think

WSJ Your Money Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Business News

3.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

In 2024, Americans bought 5.7 times as much flatware and dishes and 3.5 times the furniture compared with 1994, according to Commerce Department data. They also purchased 2.5 times the clothing and footwear. Wall Street Journal reporter Dalvin Brown joins host Ariana Aspuru to discuss why cheap goods are actually costing us and how Trump’s tariffs threaten to curb trade from one of the biggest exporters of low-cost goods. Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, your money briefing listeners. This is Adriana Aspuru. Here at YMB, we're all about bringing you
0:06.8	important personal finance and career news. We're working on making some changes to our personal
0:12.3	finance content, and we want to hear from you. Our question today is, what personal finance
0:18.5	topics do you want to hear more about?
0:28.0	Stocks, bonds and markets, housing and mortgages, taxes, financial goals, or something else.
0:32.5	If you're listening on Spotify, look for our poll under the episode description.
0:37.4	Or you can send us an email to yMB at WSJ.com.
0:42.0	That's YMB at WSJ.com.
0:43.3	Now on to the show.
0:49.9	Here's your money briefing for Friday, April 11th.
0:52.2	I'm Mariana Aspuru for the Wall Street Journal.
1:01.4	If you're in spring cleaning mode, you might be wondering, how in the world did I get all this stuff?
1:05.9	WSJ reporter Dalvin Brown found that it's not just you.
1:09.2	Americans are drowning in their own stuff.
1:13.1	I tend to buy things because I forgot I bought it already,
1:15.4	but we're not just accumulating.
1:16.9	Like, that's what's really interesting to me.
1:19.7	We're duplicating. We're buying more of what we already have.
1:23.8	We'll hear more from Dalvin about why it's costing you more than you think.
1:26.1	Stick around after the break.
1:45.7	Hello blue skies. Hello moving onwards and upwards.
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