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Kristin Schwab

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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.

Episodes by Kristin (11)

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Rents outpace wages in big cities across the U.S.

May 8, 2024
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Steel tariffs déjà vu 

Apr 17, 2024
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“This is the time to be a saver”

Apr 2, 2024
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Ultimately, the joke's on Gmail rivals

Apr 1, 2024
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Can we break out of the mortgage lock-in effect?

Feb 19, 2024
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Shoppers love easy returns. But retailers aren't sold on 'em.

Nov 24, 2023
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Wall Street rallies on inflation

Nov 14, 2023
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A closer look at unemployment and wealth gap data

Oct 19, 2023
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How water moves — or stalls — the economy

Oct 18, 2023
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Oil prices are in flux

Sep 6, 2023
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Latest Stories (508)

COVID-19

Would a payroll tax cut work in the COVID-19 economy?

by Kristin Schwab
Mar 11, 2020
Extra cash probably wouldn't get people to take cruises or go to concerts.
President Donald Trump has suggested a payroll tax cut to help with the economic slowdown caused by the spread of COVID-19.
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What's behind some of the market volatility? Algorithms.

by Kristin Schwab
Mar 5, 2020
People don't buy and sell anymore. Computers do.
These days, computers and algorithms have replaced a lot of the action on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
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Rural communities in "Graying America" see boost in business

by Kristin Schwab
Feb 27, 2020
More than 20% of Americans 65 and older live in rural areas, according to the Census Bureau.
More than 20% of Americans 65 and older live in rural areas, according to the Census Bureau.
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What's behind millennials' obsession with astrology?

by Kristin Schwab
Feb 25, 2020
Sixty percent of them believe in New Age spirituality.
Co-Star has gained popularity on social media, as users post memes of their horoscopes.
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Trump administration poised to raise cap on seasonal visas again this year

by Kristin Schwab
Feb 24, 2020
H-2B visas are capped at 66,000 per year, but the law allows the Department of Homeland Security to nearly double that.
For seasonal businesses like crabbing, a visa lottery application is no guarantee.
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Online political ads have a whole different rulebook than TV

by Kristin Schwab
Feb 21, 2020
Digital ads don't always have to say who paid for them.
Most of the money spent on political ads goes to television.
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Fidelity Investments says average retirement account balance at record high

by Kristin Schwab
Feb 17, 2020
Why? Because the stock market is up.
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Millennials like greeting cards. But Hallmark? Not so much.

by Kristin Schwab
Feb 14, 2020
The paper greeting card giant is facing stiff competition from new entrants that cater to millennials.
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Sirius is investing in SoundCloud to the tune of $75M

by Kristin Schwab
Feb 12, 2020
SoundCloud is known for hosting up-and-coming artists like Lil Nas X and Billie Eilish.
Lil Nas X and Billie Eilish, two of last year's breakout artists, got their start posting tracks to SoundCloud.
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Sephora ventures beyond the mall with new store openings

by Kristin Schwab
Feb 5, 2020
But it may need a strategy to get a new kind of shopper in the door.
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