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Nancy covers Washington, D.C. for Marketplace. However, she has a wide range of interests and has reported on everything from homelessness to government shutdowns and the history of the Fed.
Before joining Marketplace, she worked in the NPR newscast unit as a producer and fill-in editor and newscaster. She also worked at WAMU, the NPR affiliate in Washington.
In 2023, Nancy was honored with a Gracie Award for a story on how pediatricians were coping with the end of the federal government's COVID public health emergency. The story also won a National Headliner Award and a Society of Professional Journalists award.
Episodes by Nancy (37)
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A bill for bailout accountability
Dec 24, 2008
Senators Dianne Feinstein and Olympia Snowe are introducing legislation that would require bailout recipients to give quarterly reports to the Treasury Department of how they're spending the money. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.
Next quarter won't be like this one
Dec 23, 2008
The U.S. economy was not horrific in the third quarter, but this quarter and the next could be trouble. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports the biggest culprit in the third quarter was consumers.
Bailout could help stem foreclosures
Dec 23, 2008
Representative Barney Frank is drafting new legislation to help stem home foreclosures and reduce mortgage rates. The plan would use some bailout money and ideas from FDIC chair Sheila Bair. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.
Developers must meet debts by 2011
Dec 22, 2008
Property developers have mortgage debt scheduled for refinancing due by 2011 -- about $530 billion. Because of the credit crunch, developers will likely have trouble coming up with the money. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports
New rules adopted for credit cards
Dec 18, 2008
Federal regulators have approved new rules to protect consumers from surprise interest rate hikes and fees on their credit cards. But banks say the rules will hurt card holders, whether they have good credit or bad. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.
Global bank losses total $1 trillion
Dec 18, 2008
Banks around the world have lost a total of $1 trillion in assets, according to a new study. The losses were almost balanced out by $920 billion in new investment, although a third of that came from governments. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.
Public can track bailout online
Dec 15, 2008
The Web site Subsidyscope launches today and makes available a full range of public subsidies for open tracking -- including corporate tax breaks and the $700 billion bailout. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.
Pension, retirement-fund rules eased
Dec 12, 2008
Congress has given corporations and retirees a break by letting businesses delay payments to pension plans and relaxing rules on mandatory withdrawals from IRAs and 401k's for people over 70. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.
GOP senators want to stall auto bill
Dec 10, 2008
Several Republican senators say they'll try to block an auto bailout bill proposed by congressional Democrats and the White House. Why? Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.
And the rest of the bailout goes to . . .
Dec 10, 2008
Today, a congressional panel will review who should get the remainder of the $700 billion bailout. The Treasury Department is focused on banks, but the money could be pitched towards homeowners. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.