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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: My wife and I recently applied for an increase in our HELOC with Bank of America. Through the mail we received our individual credit…

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  • Some 25 million Americans are unemployed, forced to work part-time, and too discouraged to look for work. There isn't much to celebrate on Labor …

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  • Question: My wife and I are planning to refinance to take advantage of today's low rates. We were pleased to see that our home appraised for more…

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  • Question: I have CDs for both my sons that will mature at the beginning of Dec. 2011. They are now 21 and 17. The CDs are making virtually nothing…

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  • Henry "Bud" Hebeler left Boston with a graduate degree in engineering from MIT for a job at Boeing in Seattle in 1956….

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  • Question: Other than the modest amount that can be taken out of a Roth IRA for a first home, and the tax credit, are there other tax-advantaged…

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  • Question: Yesterday we received, in a UPS Express envelope, an offer from the holder of our mortgage, Chase, to lower our mortgage rate by over 1% …

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  • Question: I am a 26-year-old PhD student in Chemical Engineering. I have no debt, and I receive a stipend from a fellowship. I save about $800…

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  • Aug 25, 2011

    Teenage wasteland

    The teenage job numbers are awful. The share of young people ages 16 to 19 who were employed in July was 48.8%, according to the Bureau of Labor…

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  • The North American Securities Administrators Association has come out with its annual list of infamy: The favorite financial products and financial…

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