Erika Giovanetti is the consumer lending analyst for U.S. News & World Report and a certified personal finance counselor. She offers insights on a range of personal finance topics, from mortgage rate trends to student loan debt. Consumers can count on her for advice on buying a home, borrowing money for college, slashing credit card balances, negotiating medical bills, creating a budget and more.
As a personal finance expert, Giovanetti has appeared on television networks, podcasts and radio shows, including Good Morning America, CBS News Los Angeles, WGN Chicago, Wharton Business Daily and the Hospital Finance Podcast, to name a few. She has been quoted in CBS News, CNBC, NBC’s “Today” show, Yahoo Finance and ConsumerAffairs, among others.
Her data journalism has been cited by The New York Times and NPR, as well as lifestyle publications like Martha Stewart and Food & Wine. Giovanetti was a speaker at 2023 FinCon, a financial content expo, and she's co-hosted live webinars on financial wellness and paying for college. In 2023, she was named one of the 10 Most Influential Credit Card Experts by CardRates.com.
