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And unlike social media influencers, our insurance nerds have spent more than 2,950 hours reviewing more than 176 products for a little extra context. Wow, that's very specific on the hours there. Anyway, life insurance obviously is not the same as getting a free box of skincare to talk about on a TikTok video.

But it does sound, Alana, like these influencers are incentivized to disperse this kind of advice.

But it does sound, Alana, like these influencers are incentivized to disperse this kind of advice.

But it does sound, Alana, like these influencers are incentivized to disperse this kind of advice.

Excellent advice. Alana Benson, thanks again for helping us out today. Absolutely. Thank you. Up next, a few money headlines for the last few days. Ana, a couple of big economic numbers came out in the days before Election Day. The Commerce Department reported last week that the economy grew at a 2.8% annual rate in the third quarter.

Excellent advice. Alana Benson, thanks again for helping us out today. Absolutely. Thank you. Up next, a few money headlines for the last few days. Ana, a couple of big economic numbers came out in the days before Election Day. The Commerce Department reported last week that the economy grew at a 2.8% annual rate in the third quarter.

Excellent advice. Alana Benson, thanks again for helping us out today. Absolutely. Thank you. Up next, a few money headlines for the last few days. Ana, a couple of big economic numbers came out in the days before Election Day. The Commerce Department reported last week that the economy grew at a 2.8% annual rate in the third quarter.

That's just shy of the 3% rise in gross domestic product in the second quarter.

That's just shy of the 3% rise in gross domestic product in the second quarter.

That's just shy of the 3% rise in gross domestic product in the second quarter.

Yeah, consumers have really been the heroes of the post-pandemic economic recovery. We keep spending like the Energizer bunny. And in Q3, we spent the most on health care, food and accommodations, non-durable goods, and cars and car parts. I did not help there, though. My car didn't need any parts.

Yeah, consumers have really been the heroes of the post-pandemic economic recovery. We keep spending like the Energizer bunny. And in Q3, we spent the most on health care, food and accommodations, non-durable goods, and cars and car parts. I did not help there, though. My car didn't need any parts.

Yeah, consumers have really been the heroes of the post-pandemic economic recovery. We keep spending like the Energizer bunny. And in Q3, we spent the most on health care, food and accommodations, non-durable goods, and cars and car parts. I did not help there, though. My car didn't need any parts.

Oh, no. Mm-hmm. The other big pre-election number is the monthly jobs report. And here the news wasn't so great. The economy added just 12,000 jobs in October, a huge drop from the 223,000 added in September. But remember what happened in October?

Oh, no. Mm-hmm. The other big pre-election number is the monthly jobs report. And here the news wasn't so great. The economy added just 12,000 jobs in October, a huge drop from the 223,000 added in September. But remember what happened in October?

Oh, no. Mm-hmm. The other big pre-election number is the monthly jobs report. And here the news wasn't so great. The economy added just 12,000 jobs in October, a huge drop from the 223,000 added in September. But remember what happened in October?

That's up a bit from a year ago when the unemployment rate was 4.8% and 6.4 million people were without jobs.

That's up a bit from a year ago when the unemployment rate was 4.8% and 6.4 million people were without jobs.

That's up a bit from a year ago when the unemployment rate was 4.8% and 6.4 million people were without jobs.

We usually hear from Fed Chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesdays during these meetings. But instead, again, because of the election, he'll be delivering remarks on Thursday.