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Samantha Fields

Senior Reporter

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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.

Episodes by Samantha (22)

Make Me Smart | Episode 1120

Gaza's food crisis

Mar 18, 2024
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Marketplace Minute

Wholesale prices rose in January

Feb 16, 2024
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Marketplace Minute

Household debt rose in the third quarter

Nov 7, 2023
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Marketplace Minute

Stocks close higher

Oct 30, 2023
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1029

AI robocalls and ethical concerns for New Yorkers

Oct 19, 2023
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Goldman sees less risk of a U.S. recession

Sep 5, 2023
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Make Me Smart | Episode 992

The rise of homeownership sans insurance

Aug 28, 2023
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Make Me Smart | Episode 896

Who's paying Trump's legal bills?

Apr 5, 2023
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Make Me Smart | Episode 895

The recent phenomenon of the AR-15's popularity

Apr 4, 2023
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Make Me Smart | Episode 863

What's age got to do with it?

Feb 16, 2023
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The job market cooled in January — that's what the Fed's been hoping for

by Samantha Fields
Mar 8, 2023
There are fewer job openings and fewer people are quitting jobs — signs that the Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes are working as intended.
Job openings fell about 49% in construction, according to the recent JOLTS report. There were also fewer openings in accommodation and food services, and in finance and insurance.
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Lower-income earners' wages have grown faster than others

by Samantha Fields
Mar 8, 2023
A tight labor market has helped low-income workers raise their wages, according to a new working paper.
Many young people without degrees have left jobs in restaurants and hospitality to move to higher paying fields.
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White House releases new National Cybersecurity Strategy

by Samantha Fields
Mar 3, 2023
One key piece of the plan is to put more responsibility on tech companies to secure their products.
The strategy includes a call for tech and software companies to do more to secure their products from attacks.
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Eli Lilly cuts list price, out-of-pocket costs for some of its insulins

by Samantha Fields
Mar 2, 2023
The drug maker announced it's cutting the price of its most commonly-used insulins by 70%, and capping patients' out-of-pocket cost at $35 at certain participating pharmacies.
Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly announced Wednesday that it would cap the price for some of its insulin at $35 at certain pharmacies.
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Ticktock, TikTok: Government agencies are on the clock to purge the app from all devices

by Samantha Fields
Feb 28, 2023
Canada and the EU, too.
"If you talk to some national security experts, they'll tell you the way to think about it is having 100 million little cameras that could be accessed by the Communist Party, running around America," said Jessica Melugin from the Competitive Enterprise Institute about having TikTok on cell phones.
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Biden's student loan forgiveness plan goes before the Supreme Court

by Samantha Fields
Feb 28, 2023
At issue is if the president has the authority to cancel up to $20,000 in federal student debt for some 43 million borrowers.
President Biden's signature student-debt policy is now in the hands of the nine justices.
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Who will benefit from the reduced cost of FHA loans?

by Samantha Fields
Feb 27, 2023
The Biden administration is lowering rates on the mortgage insurance people have to pay when they take out a loan backed by the Federal Housing Administration.
The lowered insurance premium could mean savings of between $600 to $1,000 a year, depending on the size of your loan.
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A Year of War

A year into the Ukraine war, global food insecurity is at a record high

by Samantha Fields
Feb 23, 2023
In many countries, including Egypt, staples like bread have become much more expensive and harder to come by.
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Existing home sales are down nearly 37%, NAR data shows

by Samantha Fields
Feb 21, 2023
Prices are still rising, but more slowly. What does that mean for house hunters this spring?
"We're at a very interesting point in the U.S. housing market where many people feel like the 2023 could really go either way," says Igor Popov, chief economist at Apartment List.
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Credit card debt is rising. Again.

by Samantha Fields
Feb 20, 2023
Card debt, which fell during the pandemic, is at a record $986 billion, according to the New York Fed. Delinquencies are rising too.
Though expanding credit card debt may represent a return to normal, the "pre-pandemic normal ought to concern Americans," says Aaron Klein at the Brookings Institution.
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