{"podcast":{"title":"This is Money Podcast","slug":"this-is-money-podcast-832470","podcast_index_feed_id":832470,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/69a5aa3811f5657dedfff2bd","website_url":"http://www.thisismoney.co.uk","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/69a5aa3811f5657dedfff2bd/show-cover.png","author":"This is Money","episode_count":659,"summary":"What you need to know about money each week and what the news means for you, from the UK's best financial website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T08:21:35.231108+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-money-podcast-832470"},"episode":{"title":"This is 2025: What happened to our finances and the economy this year","slug":"this-is-2025-what-happened-to-our-finances-and-the-economy-this-year","published_at":"2025-12-26T15:28:34+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-money-podcast-832470/this-is-2025-what-happened-to-our-finances-and-the-economy-this-year","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-money-podcast-832470","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8823778","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/69a5aa3811f5657dedfff2bd/e/tag%3Aaudioboom.com%2C2025-12-26%3A%2Fposts%2F8823778/media.mp3","summary":"We are almost at the end of a year that turned out to be rollercoaster ride for our finances. Investors have had a good year but there was certainly some twists and turns along the way. The economy started off strong and then began to stutter, interest rates came down by a full percentage point and inflation spiked again. Meanwhile, the most hotly anticipated Budget turned out to be not as bad as it could have been but has not gone down well with businesses and taxpayers. On this final 2025 episode of the This is Money podcast, Georgie Frost and Simon Lambert take a quick ride through this year and what it meant for our finances. Follow us on Instagram @dmgnewmedia. Follow us on TikTok @dmgnewmedia Follow us on X @dmgnewmedia Email us hello@dmgmedia.co.uk Text us  020 7938 6000. Hosts: Georgie Frost, Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce, Helen Crane Producer: Georgie Frost Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"We are almost at the end of a year that turned out to be rollercoaster ride for our finances. Investors have had a good year but there was certainly some…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2721,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-is-money-podcast-832470/episodes/this-is-2025-what-happened-to-our-finances-and-the-economy-this-year/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-money-podcast-832470/this-is-2025-what-happened-to-our-finances-and-the-economy-this-year.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}