When Larissa Adamiec, clinical associate professor in the Purdue University White Lodging-J.W. Marriott, Jr. School of Hospitality and Tourism Management\u2019s Division of Consumer Science, was about 6 or 7 years old, she started playing credit card company with her siblings, so becoming an expert in financial counseling and planning seemed inevitable. Joining the College of Health and Human Sciences in fall 2025, Adamiec brings a wealth of experience in financial markets, investments and more. \u00a0<\/p>\n
As consumers prepare their budgets for the new year and topics about the consumer price index, inflation, tariffs and interest rates continue to circle the news, Adamiec shares her knowledge and advice for individuals to make smart budgeting choices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":44719,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8],"tags":[263,2343,1475,2342,240,592],"class_list":["post-44716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-consumer-science","category-hospitality-and-tourism-management","tag-college-of-health-and-human-sciences","tag-consumer-price-index","tag-inflation","tag-larissa-adamiec","tag-purdue-university","tag-white-lodging-j-w-marriott-jr-school-of-hospitality-and-tourism-management"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n