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Chris Farrell

Chris Farrell is economics editor of Marketplace Money, a nationally syndicated one-hour weekly personal finance show produced by American Public Media. Chris is also economics correspondent for Marketplace, the largest business program in broadcasting and chief economics correspondent for American RadioWorks, the largest producer of long-form documentaries in public radio. He is also contributing economics editor at Business Week magazine. He was host and executive editor of public television’s Right on the Money. He is the author of two books: Right on the Money: Taking Control of Your Personal Finances, and Deflation: What Happens When Prices Fall. Chris is a graduate of Stanford and the London School of Economics.

Latest from Chris Farrell

  • The job loss number is still a big number. It only looks good compared to the past 6 months. It does seem to confirm other signs that not only has…

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  • Question: I have a $16,000.00 credit card balance with Chase at 3.99 % until balance is paid off. I also have a home equity credit line that would…

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  • Oil prices are heading back up. From today's Wall Street Journal:…

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  • So, what do you think it will be, inflation or deflation? Will we be Zimbabwe or will we be Japan? (I vote neither.)…

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  • The Administration says it plans on cracking down on offshore tax shelters and avoidance. The target of the initiative is U.S.-based multinational…

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  • May 6, 2009

    The Subprime 25

    A recent investigation by the Center for Public Integrity into the subprime mortgage debacle makes a convincing case that it wasn't perpetrated by…

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  • May 6, 2009

    I-bonds at 0%

    Question: Every May and November I download the redemption values for my I Bonds. I use the program called "Savings Bond Wizard" that goes to the…

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  • Robert Barro, professor of economics at Harvard University and Jose Ursua, a Ph.D. student in economics at Harvard, have written a fascinating…

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  • Question: My husband and I are currently putting 9% of our income into our Roth 401K with a 4% match from his employer. We got a late start in…

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  • May 4, 2009

    A turnaround?

    A theme of this blog has been that the Administration's efforts are working to avert a greater economic catastrophe than what we've been though. In…

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