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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

  • Jun 12, 2008

    Co-Signer Rights?

    Question: I am trying to negotiate with Sallie Mae to settle the loan amount: to get some principal forgiveness and in return I will pay them off…

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  • Oops. I wrote the Q & A yesterday, but I forgot to post it. Sorry about that. I'll put up two Q & As today. Thanks….

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  • Question: I've yet to find a book or article that can answer this question: How do you know if you're financially okay?…

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  • Jun 9, 2008

    529 Plans

    Question: My husband and I had our first child in February. Our budget has us paying off our student loans and credit card debt in the next 16…

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  • The jump in the unemployment rate from 5% to 5.5% is bad news. So is the sickening $12 spike in oil prices….

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  • Jun 7, 2008

    Getting Personal

    Getting Personal
    Marketplace

    In this edition of Getting Personal, Chris and Tess talk about private mortgage insurance, 457s vs. 403(b)s, removing a co-signer and borrowing from a 401(k).

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  • Poor job numbers and soaring oil prices — not exactly how Wall Street wanted to start the weekend. Economics editor Chris Farrell sets the story straight on the state of the market.

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  • Question: Hello Chris, I am a thirty year old male living in Asheville, NC. I currently have over 20,000 debt to a private student loan lender …

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  • It's easy to get depressed about the economy with oil prices at nosebleed levels, food at the grocery store increasingly expensive and home prices…

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  • Question: A) Love the show. B) In these uncertain economic times, am I better off getting a Home Equity Loan, or a Home Equity Line of Credit? Oh,…

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