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From Eggflation to Ghost Jobs: Roasting 2024’s Biggest Financial Turkeys

2024/11/28
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作为 NerdWallet 的《Smart Money》播客主播，Sean Pyles 提供了深入的财务和保险知识，帮助听众做出明智的财务决策。
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Sara Rathner指出2024年食品价格居高不下，对低收入家庭影响尤为严重，并分析了造成这一现象的原因，例如供应链问题、禽流感和乌克兰战争等。她还讨论了"幽灵职位"现象，即虚假招聘信息泛滥，浪费求职者的时间和精力，并分析了公司发布虚假招聘信息的原因。 Sean Pyles则关注了诈骗和数据泄露问题，指出其对个人经济安全的严重威胁，并建议大家采取措施保护个人信息。他还谈到了经济数据与人们实际感受之间的差距，认为尽管经济数据显示就业市场强劲，通货膨胀放缓，但人们的感受却与之不符，经济形势仍然令人担忧。

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The hosts discuss the ongoing issue of grocery inflation, attributing it to various factors like supply chain issues, bird flu, and the war in Ukraine.
  • Food prices have significantly increased since 2020.
  • Households in the lowest income quintile spend nearly a third of their income on food.
  • High food prices affect all households but disproportionately impact lower-income families.

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Celebrate 2024’s Financial Turkeys as we spotlight the year's biggest money blunders and share tips to avoid them yourself.

Why are grocery prices so high in 2024? What are ghost jobs and how do they affect job seekers? Hosts Sean Pyles and Sara Rathner roast the year’s “Financial Turkeys” (pun intended), spotlighting the biggest money misfortunes of 2024 and offering listeners a chance to commiserate over shared financial frustrations. They share their own takes on this year’s financial flops and invite listeners to reflect on how these issues have affected their lives, turning financial woes into a shared laugh or sigh of relief.

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In their conversation, the Nerds discuss: grocery inflation, ghost jobs, rising food prices, fake job postings, job market trends, financial blunders, job hunting frustrations, eggflation, financial commiseration, high grocery costs, job market challenges, fake job ads, grocery shopping struggles, and rising costs of food.

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