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Janet Nguyen

Digital Reporter

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Janet is a reporter with the Marketplace digital team.

Episodes by Janet (4)

Make Me Smart | Episode 838

What's the deal with ESG and the GOP?

Jan 11, 2023
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Make Me Smart | Episode 798

Corporate profits, we see you

Oct 20, 2022
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Make Me Smart | Episode 795

The surprising factors that affect who gets to live where

Oct 17, 2022
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Make Me Smart | Episode 788

How oil and gas companies fuel the anti-abortion movement

Oct 6, 2022
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Latest Stories (631)

Government shutdown 2019

The U.S. government is becoming more dependent on contract workers

by Janet Nguyen
Jan 17, 2019
There were about 4.1 million contractors working for the U.S. government in 2017.
A view of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
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How Merriam-Webster “measures” volatility vs. the VIX

by Janet Nguyen
Jan 11, 2019
Searches for "volatility" rose 253 percent in 2018, according to data from Merriam-Webster.
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Trade showdown

The power dynamics between the U.S. and China at this week’s trade meeting

by Janet Nguyen
Jan 7, 2019
Who goes to these trade talks matters.
Members of the U.S.trade delegation to China leave a hotel in Beijing on Jan. 7, 2019. U.S. negotiators are headed into talks with Chinese counterparts as the two countries seek a deal to end a trade war that has raised fears of global economic turmoil.
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Government shutdown 2019

What Democrats want to do in the first 100 hours of the new Congress

by Janet Nguyen
Jan 3, 2019
Last time she was speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi implemented a 100-hour plan. What’s on the agenda this time around?
Incoming Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi reacts to applause during the 116th Congress and swearing-in ceremony on the floor of the House of Representatives on Thursday in Washington, D.C.
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Where Elizabeth Warren stands on economic issues

by Janet Nguyen
Dec 31, 2018
"America's middle class is under attack," the Massachusetts senator says in Monday's presidential announcement.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) addresses the media outside of her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, after announcing she formed an exploratory committee for a 2020 presidential run on Monday.
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Copyrighted works are entering the public domain for the first time in over 20 years

by Janet Nguyen
Dec 28, 2018
You’ll be able to freely use select works from Robert Frost, Aldous Huxley and Edith Wharton.
American poet Robert Frost, taken about 1963. His “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” will be in the public domain Jan. 1.
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Government shutdown 2019

How the shutdown is impacting federal workers

by Janet Nguyen
Dec 27, 2018
“The longer it lasts, the harder it’s going to be on myself and many, many others,” one contractor told us.
What are some potential obstacles that await Democrats as they prepare to implement the Inflation Reduction Act?
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How to be a music supervisor

by Janet Nguyen
Dec 26, 2018
There's someone choosing the music for your favorite TV and movie scenes. Morgan Rhodes explains how she does her job — and how she got to where she is now.
A still from the 2014 film "Selma."
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Can Trump fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell?

by Adriene Hill , Janet Nguyen and Daisy Palacios
Dec 24, 2018
The president isn’t happy with the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes.
President Donald Trump looks on as his nominee for the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, speaks during a press event at the White House last year.
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Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari says raising interest rates too soon could lead to a recession

by Kai Ryssdal , Janet Nguyen and Maria Hollenhorst
Dec 21, 2018
The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates for the fourth time this year.
Neel Kashkari, then the acting interim assistant secretary for financial stabilization at the Treasury Department, arrives for a hearing on Capitol Hill back in 2009.
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