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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

  • Question: Most of my 403B money (Thrift Savings Plan) is in the government securities (G) fund. I have a mortgage on a commercial real estate…

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  • Question: Background: My wife and I are recently married. She has a good entry level job with the university in town, which pays about 30,000…

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  • Jul 12, 2008

    Getting Personal

    Getting Personal
    Marketplace

    In this edition of Getting Personal, Chris and Tess talk about insurance options, suspiciously high interest rates and education savings.

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  • Checking the balance on your retirement account is more cringeworthy every day. Economics editor Chris Farrell sets the story straight on the sinking market.

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  • Question: Contributing to my 401 now is lowering my tax bracket, but I will have to pay taxes on this $ later. Is there a standard tax bracket in…

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  • Question: I have a sister who is currently applying for private student loans. She has no co-signer and is therefore subject to higher interest…

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  • Employers hired workers in May at the slowest pace in about five years, but the unemployment hasn't moved that much. Scott Jagow talks to economics correspondent Chris Farrell, who doesn't get the job numbers.

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  • Income inequality has worsened ovre the past three decades or so. Economists in the Global Economics Research area of UBS recently took a look …

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  • Although measuring teenage employment during the months when school is out, these numbers from the Cleveland Fed highlight a depressing story when…

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  • Question: I'm a 27-year old investor with about $3,000 in a $13,500 retirement portfolio in cash and probably another $1,500 in employer…

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