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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 husband and I have been recently married (over a year now) and both of our credit ratings are probably 300 each or even non-existent….

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  • Question: Do the new financial regulations make the "fiduciary responsibility" of a broker to his client into a situation whereby the broker or his…

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  • Question: I am 28 years old. I have a solid full time job (earn $48k per year). I am planning on starting grad school part time this fall. Work…

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  • Sep 23, 2010

    A home in 5 years

    Question: My husband and I are paying our scheduled payments on our current home mortgage and student loans. We don't have any other debt. We have…

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  • Question: I remember cashing in bonds that were given to my parents as gifts when I was born. My brother is about to have his first child. I wanted…

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  • Question: When you retire and decide to take your 403B over your lifetime, if you should die early and you have not used all the money in your…

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  • Question: I received a Visa Prepaid card as a gift. I assume my friend meant to give me a regular gift card, but it seems they grabbed the…

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  • Question: I live with my girlfriend of 4 years. We plan on getting married and rent. Combined we have$18,000 in savings and no credit card debt……

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  • Question: We are opening a line of credit from our home's equity, some of which we plan to use to pay off our mortgage. The Mortgage is a 20 year…

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  • Question: I finished my undergraduate degree in the fine arts and had approximately 12,000 in student loans. I've paid off several thousand dollars…

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