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Nancy Marshall-Genzer

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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 (42)

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Unemployment claims jump more than expected

May 9, 2024
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Uber underdelivers

May 8, 2024
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A mixed bag from Disney

May 7, 2024
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A Goldilocks jobs report

May 3, 2024
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Stocks open higher

May 2, 2024
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Wall Street opens lower

Mar 15, 2024
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Stocks open higher

Mar 8, 2024
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Wall Street’s momentum continues

Feb 23, 2024
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Stocks open higher

Feb 22, 2024
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Retail sales tumbled last month

Feb 15, 2024
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Buckle up for a big economics week in Washington

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Mar 6, 2023
Fed Chair Jerome Powell testifies on Capitol Hill tomorrow and Wednesday. President Biden is set to release a budget outline on Thursday, and we get February jobs numbers this Friday.
Above, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies to Congress in June. He's slated to appear before lawmakers again this week to discuss the central bank's activities and a range of economic issues.
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Banks are weighing environmental, social issues when investing. Some states punish them for it.

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Mar 3, 2023
ESG considers environmental, social, and corporate governance factors along with profitability. Republican opponents call it "woke investing."
Republican-controlled states are increasingly targeting investment strategies that consider environmental, social, and corporate governance factors.
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Why the U.S. wants more limits on Americans' private investment in Chinese firms

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Feb 28, 2023
Washington is looking at economic ways to counter China's influence — especially when it comes to companies linked to the country's military.
The number of Chinese companies off limits to American investors is now up to 59.
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Formerly a cash cow, the Fed is now losing "about $2 billion a week"

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Feb 1, 2023
The central bank invested in securities to get the economy through the pandemic recession.
The U.S. Federal Reserve is seen in Washington, DC. The bank has been a source of government revenue for years following the 2008 financial crisis, but rising interest rates may soon change that.
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What the Federal Reserve's favorite inflation measure can tell us

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jan 25, 2023
The personal consumption expenditures price index, better known as the PCE, tracks what we paid for goods and services in the previous month.
The PCE give less weight to consumer staples like gasoline than the consumer price index does.
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Business economists seem a little more optimistic, survey finds

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jan 23, 2023
A majority still think the country is headed for a recession. But the majority's shrinking.
A little more than half of economists surveyed by the National Association for Business Economics expect a recession, down from about two-thirds in October.
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How much should interest rates keep rising? Fed officials now disagree

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jan 23, 2023
Some officials want a 0.75% rate hike at the next meeting. Others think a 0.5% increase is enough.
High-profile officials in the Federal Reserve System have offered differing attitudes toward future rate hikes following data that suggest a recent moderating of inflation.
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Race and Economy

For Black and Latino families, inflation can hit even harder

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jan 18, 2023
A recent New York Fed report finds that households in these demographics have experienced higher-than-average rates of inflation.
Black and Latino households tend to spend a larger proportion of their budgets on necessities like food.
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Why consumers are pulling back on spending

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jan 17, 2023
A New York Fed survey shows consumers are cutting back. But inflation means they're paying more for the same stuff.
Consumer spending peaked over the summer and has been falling ever since, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
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Why your paycheck isn't keeping up with inflation

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jan 16, 2023
The average paycheck lagged behind inflation in 2022, and the higher prices are hitting low-wage workers the hardest.
Recent data show that wages aren't growing at a fast enough rate to keep up with inflation, which impacts low-income workers the hardest.
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