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Amy Scott

Host & Senior Correspondent, Housing

Amy Scott is the host of “How We Survive,” Marketplace's climate solutions podcast, and a senior correspondent covering housing, climate and the economy. She is also a frequent guest host of Marketplace programs. Since 2001, Amy has held many roles at Marketplace and covered many beats, from the culture of Wall Street to education and housing. Her reporting has taken her to every region of the country as well as Egypt, Dubai and Germany.  Her 2015 documentary film, “Oyler,” about a Cincinnati public school fighting to break the cycle of poverty in its traditionally urban Appalachian neighborhood, has screened at film festivals internationally and was broadcast on public television in 2016. She's currently at work on a film about a carpenter's mission to transform an abandoned block in west Baltimore into a community of Black women homeowners. Amy has won several awards for her reporting, including a SABEW Best in Business podcast award in 2023, Gracie awards for outstanding radio series in 2013 and 2014 and an Edward R. Murrow Award for investigative reporting in 2012. Before joining Marketplace, Amy worked as a reporter in Dillingham, Alaska, home to the world’s largest wild sockeye salmon run. These days she's based in Baltimore.

Latest from Amy Scott

  • Analysts predict a stronger year overall for UPS, which is a promising sign for the overall health of the economy. Steve Chiotakis talks to Marketplace's Amy Scott about why shipping and transportation are such strong economic barometers.

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  • January figures for automakers are due out today, and analysts expect Toyota sales to have felt the impact of the gas pedal-fueled recall. Steve Chiotakis delves into car sales with Marketplace's Amy Scott.

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  • Toyota is quickly sending dealers parts to fix the gas pedal problem which started a massive vehicle recall, and the car maker has launched an equally sizable PR campaign to repair its image. Steve Chiotakis talks to Marketplace's Amy Scott.

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  • President Obama's budget for next year would drive the deficit to a record of over $1.5 trillion. Bill Radke talks to Marketplace's Amy Scott about program cuts the president is targeting.

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  • Sam's Club is letting some 10,000 workers go. But they won't be taking the food samples with them. Amy Scott reports.

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  • At the end of Air America Radio's economically tumultuous six-year run, what was really holding it back? Amy Scott explores what contributed to the struggling network's downfall and why liberal talk radio will live on.

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  • Giant banks like Goldman Sachs have been doing extremely well in the markets, thanks in part to help from low interest rates. Amy Scott tracks bank earnings and explains where the profits developed.

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  • Citigroup lost more than $7.5 billion in the final months of 2009. Most of the losses came from paying bailout money back to the government. Amy Scott reports.

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  • It's not just the public that's bristling at reports of giant payouts to bank executives. Some of Goldman Sach's own shareholders are raising objections. Amy Scott reports.

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  • The new earnings season is upon us. Overall, analysts are expecting the first growth in profits since early 2007. Why? Amy Scott reports.

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