{"id":82818,"date":"2025-12-05T14:51:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T14:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/82818\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T14:51:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T14:51:09","slug":"local-families-embrace-intentional-holiday-spending-amid-economic-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/82818\/","title":{"rendered":"Local families embrace intentional holiday spending amid economic uncertainty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX)  \u2014 As the holiday season approaches, financial experts are advising consumers to set a spending budget to prevent overspending during the upcoming holidays.<\/p>\n<p> By planning ahead and establishing a clear budget, shoppers can enjoy the festivities without the stress of financial strain. Experts suggest reviewing past holiday expenses, prioritizing gift lists, and considering homemade or personalized gifts as cost-effective alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>Certified financial therapist practitioner<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jasmine_themoneycoach\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Jasmine Johnson<\/a> advises joins Arc Bakersfield to talk more about it.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happimoneyco.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 As the holiday season approaches, financial experts are advising consumers to set a spending&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82819,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-82818","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","10":"tag-bakersfield-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}