SHORT BIO
Kristin Schwab is a reporter at Marketplace focusing on the consumer economy. She's based in Brooklyn, New York.
Before Marketplace, Kristin produced narrative and news podcasts for The New York Times, New York Magazine and The Wall Street Journal. She teaches audio journalism at her alma mater, Columbia Journalism School.
Kristin also has a BFA in dance from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. After performing with ballet and modern companies, she got her start in journalism as an editor at Dance Magazine. Kristin grew up in Minnesota and has been a bit reporting obsessed since watching the '90s PBS show "Ghostwriter" as a kid. Yes, she had one of those necklace pens and a marbled composition notebook.
Latest Stories (532)
The last time inflation was under 3% was March 2021
Aug 21, 2024
The economy — and life —has changed a lot since.
Federal Reserve's path to 2% inflation could be short but tricky
Aug 20, 2024
Because data lags, the current level is uncertain. Plus, key factors like unemployment and the commercial property market are volatile.
The Federal Reserve controls one interest rate. How does that affect all the others?
Aug 14, 2024
Generally, rates move in concert. But industries have their own criteria for lending and make changes at their own pace.
Small businesses are just as grumpy about the economy as consumers
Aug 13, 2024
Optimism has increased, but it's still below a 50-year average, a National Federation of Independent Business survey shows.
Manhattan's Chinatown has a succession planning problem
Aug 12, 2024
Nearly a quarter of the neighborhood's residents are over 65. As business owners retire, the enclave could lose its cultural roots.
Why is the price of an airport sandwich sky-high?
by
Kristin Schwab
and Sean McHenry
Aug 8, 2024
"The cost of running a business in the airport is actually really high," says Lora Kelley at The Atlantic.
What female entrepreneurs of the 19th century can teach us about the modern economy
by
Kristin Schwab
and Maria Hollenhorst
Aug 7, 2024
Economic researcher Ruveyda Nur Gozen analyzed 3,589 women-owned manufacturing businesses from the 1800s.
In a rural Texas town, the constant hum of a bitcoin mine haunts residents
by
Kristin Schwab
and Sofia Terenzio
Aug 7, 2024
People have attributed symptoms from ringing ears to heart issues to the noise, Andrew Chow of Time explains.
Stealth shopping — hiding purchases from spouses — is on the rise
by
Kristin Schwab
and Aleezeh Hasan
Aug 6, 2024
As online shopping has become the norm, some people's spending habits have become stealth missions to keep from their partners.
As Magnificent Seven stocks dip, smaller companies have taken up the mantle
by
Kristin Schwab
and Sarah Leeson
Aug 5, 2024
The companies that could profit the most from a potential Fed rate cut aren't Big Tech companies, so investors are shifting their focus.