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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

  • Sep 19, 2008

    Credit unions

    Got this nice note this morning. It's an important reminder….

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  • Sep 19, 2008

    Political economy?

    The credit crisis is having an impact on the race for the White House. The trading gap between Obama and MCCain had narrowed on the Iowa electronic…

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  • Sep 18, 2008

    Where’s the SEC?

    Do you remember the kids book, Where's Waldo? It was a fun picture book for youngsters searching for Waldo who was cleverly hidden in the crowd….

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  • Sep 18, 2008

    Too big to fail?

    Question: Is Bank of America too big now to fail??? Do we have to few institutions? Jeff, Arlington, IN…

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  • The 3 month Treasury bill yield is almost zero. It's at 0.03%. That's a stunning sign at how much capital flowed into the safest security in the…

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  • Question: I have my Roth IRA with Merrill Lynch, in what they call an MFA account. Also have my SEP there. Since the Bear Stearns debacle, I've…

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  • …that a major money market mutual fund has "broken a buck"! Say what?…

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  • Question: Hi! We have a 30 year fixed mortgage at 5.625% interest rate. We have $342,300 left to pay on the loan and currently pay $2,776 per month…

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  • Question: My husband and I are 32 and 31. We have approximately 80K in retirement investments (SEP IRA, mutual funds) with Wells Fargo. We noticed…

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  • George Magnus, senior economic adviser at UBS Investment Bank in London has been one of the more accurate observers of the ongoing credit crunch….

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