The Economic Freeze: What's Really Happening With Jobs, Housing, and Your Paycheck
HerMoney with Jean ChatzkyShow Notes
The economy added 172,000 jobs in May, nearly double what economists expected. So why did consumer sentiment just hit a record low? Why does everything still feel so hard?
In this episode, Jean sits down with Sarah Foster, Personal Finance Reporter at Bloomberg, to break down what's really going on beneath the surface of those headline numbers, and what it means for your job, your home, and your retirement savings.
In this episode, you'll learn:
Why keeping your money in a traditional savings account right now means you're slowly losing ground
What the lock-in effect really means for women who want to downsize before retirement
How to think about home equity as a retirement tool
The one financial move Sarah says everyone should make right now
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