Samantha Fields
Senior Reporter
SHORT BIO
Samantha Fields is a senior reporter at Marketplace.
She’s particularly interested in how the economy affects people’s everyday lives, and a lot of her coverage focuses on economic inequality, housing and climate change.
She’s also reported and produced for WCAI and The GroundTruth Project, the “NPR Politics Podcast,” NPR’s midday show, “Here & Now,” Vermont Public Radio and Maine Public Radio. She got her start in journalism as a reporter for a community paper, The Wellesley Townsman, and her start in radio as an intern and freelance producer at “The Takeaway” at WNYC. She is a graduate of Wellesley College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Latest Stories (549)
When interest rate cuts come, where will you feel them first?
Aug 22, 2024
Mortgages, savings accounts and credit card debt are a few places. Some rates have already edged down.
The U.S. electrical grid is getting more gigawatts. But is it enough?
Aug 19, 2024
The U.S. electrical grid added more than 20 gigawatts of capacity the first half of this year, much of it from renewables.
How often does the Fed actually achieve its dual mandate — price stability and maximum employment?
Aug 7, 2024
Since the late 1970s, the Federal Reserve has had two main jobs: ensuring stable prices and maximum employment. How often does it achieve both at the same time?
How do big swings in the stock market affect consumer behavior?
Aug 6, 2024
The markets have been on a roller-coaster ride, and it seems we invest more emotion in the downs than the ups.
Why are stocks cratering around the globe?
Aug 5, 2024
The disappointing July jobs report fed fears of a U.S. downturn, spurring traders to sell. But economic fundamentals are still strong.
What does a normalizing job market look like?
Jul 30, 2024
Economists say the supply of jobs and workers is coming into better balance than during the labor shortages of the pandemic.
What is "maximum employment"?
Jul 29, 2024
And why is there no target number to measure it, as there is with inflation —the Federal Reserve's other mandate?
New study indicates finances are putting some adults off having children
Jul 29, 2024
The survey from the Pew Research Center says child care costs and student debt are among the factors dissuading potential parents.
Kids' upward mobility linked to how many adults around them work
Jul 26, 2024
A new study from Harvard University and the Census Bureau suggests it's not all about your individual effort or household situation.
FTC investigates companies' use of surveillance pricing
Jul 25, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission wants to know how firms are using surveillance pricing as ever more data on consumers is collected.