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 (506)
Eggs are cheaper, but not housing? Inside the latest consumer price index
by
Sabri Ben-Achour
and Kristin Schwab
Apr 12, 2023
The March report shows inflation slowing overall and prices easing in some key areas (food) and not in others (services and shelter.)
What's driving car prices ever higher?
Apr 6, 2023
The new entry-level price for a new vehicle is $25,000, auto research site Edmunds says.
Fast food menu hacks are taking over TikTok
Apr 5, 2023
They create both chaos and money-making opportunities for businesses.
Employers want everyone back in the office — for real this time
Apr 4, 2023
A less robust job market has made corporate leaders' preference easier to implement.
The FTC seeks to make it easier to cancel subscriptions
Mar 28, 2023
The agency has proposed new rules that would require companies to make unsubscribing less onerous.
It's been one year since the Fed started raising interest rates to curb inflation
Mar 23, 2023
Back then it seemed like inflation might be what economists call "transitory." But here we are.
Reverse stock splits explained through a battle against bankruptcy
Mar 22, 2023
Bed Bath & Beyond is seeking a reverse split, a sign that a company is not confident that its stock will rise on its own, one expert says.
Rent hikes are finally easing — except for renters who can afford it the least
Mar 21, 2023
Rents at the bottom of the market, where supply is tighter relative to demand, have risen faster than those of higher-priced properties.
Behind SVB's collapse were a whole lot of texts on messaging groups
Mar 17, 2023
Chatter among the bank's depositors on social media and texting groups may have exacerbated its demise.
"You only live once" may explain Americans' continued spending spree
Mar 16, 2023
Some attribute it to pent-up demand. Others think the American consumer may have changed.