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The Hidden Cost Inflation Imposes on Your Savings
In this episode of Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore a stealthy but devastating effect of inflation: how it silently erodes the real value of cash savings even when interest rates rise. Using the latest data—CPI at 332.4, Fed funds rate stuck at 3.64%—they break down the concept of 'negative real yields' on savings accounts. Lucas explains why the average savings account rate of 2.8% APY actually loses purchasing power when inflation is running above 3%. They discuss the 'inflation tax' and how it hits low-risk savers hardest, compare high-yield…
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