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Nova Safo

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Nova Safo is a Marketplace correspondent covering a wide range of topics with a focus on macroeconomic developments here and abroad, as well as business and economic policy. He can be heard regularly on “Marketplace Morning Report,” with guest appearances co-hosting Marketplace’s “Make Me Smart” podcast.

In addition to Marketplace, Nova has reported for the international news wire service Agence France-Presse, where he was a Midwest correspondent covering 16 states and serving thousands of clients in print, online news, broadcast television and radio. He has also been a correspondent for CNN Radio, a staff journalist at NPR and Yahoo News, and a freelancer for SoundVision Productions, LA Public Media and other outlets.

Nova is based in California and splits his time between Marketplace’s Los Angeles headquarters and the agricultural Central Valley, where in his spare time he is building a nonprofit classical music organization.

Episodes by Nova (272)

Marketplace Morning Report

Investors are recalibrating their interest rate expectations

Oct 7, 2024
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Doing the numbers on campaign promises

Oct 7, 2024
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Marketplace Morning Report

China ups its retirement age

Sep 13, 2024
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Marketplace Morning Report

As Hurricane Francine brings floodwaters, are homeowners in its path covered?

Sep 13, 2024
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Marketplace Morning Report

Unionized Boeing workers could strike tonight

Sep 12, 2024
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Land seizures and land sales

Sep 12, 2024
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How are markets responding to last night's debate?

Sep 11, 2024
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Affordable Care Act enrollment hits all-time high at 21 million people

Sep 11, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1219

The growing threat of GPS attacks on airlines

Aug 12, 2024
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Make Me Smart | Episode 1218

Peacock sticks the landing at Paris Olympics

Aug 9, 2024
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Latest Stories (374)

Will converting hotels into apartments ease the affordable housing shortage?

by Nova Safo
Oct 14, 2024
The renovations necessary to convert hotels into apartments are often cheaper and faster than those needed to convert office buildings.
The Whitelaw Hotel, which historically welcomed Black travelers in Washington, D.C., is now an apartment building.
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Election 2024

Economic issues take the stage during the presidential debate

by Nova Safo , Nancy Marshall-Genzer , Erika Soderstrom and Ariana Rosas
Sep 11, 2024
Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris sparred over various topics, including tariffs and inflation.
Tariffs and the Affordable Care Act were two issues that received airtime during the presidential debate.
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Election 2024

Kamala Harris outlines economic priorities on the last night of the DNC

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Nova Safo and Meredith Garretson
Aug 23, 2024
Among economic themes, Vice President Kamala Harris highlighted the need to protect Social Security and Medicare, and a tax cut for middle-income households.
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Election 2024

High cost of living a key focus as Kamala Harris takes the stage at the DNC

by Nova Safo
Aug 22, 2024
During her Thursday night convention speech, Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to stick to themes like creating opportunities for the middle class.
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Election 2024

Democratic National Convention not the pick-me-up hoped for by Chicago area businesses

by Nova Safo
Aug 21, 2024
Restaurants near the DNC taking place in downtown Chicago were hoping for a shot in the arm from the event, but some are discouraged.
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Election 2024

With Chicago in the spotlight during the DNC, how is the city's economy faring?

by Nova Safo
Aug 21, 2024
Chicago has one of the highest unemployment rates of any major U.S. city.
"More access to low-interest capital would help," said Mary Aregoni, owner of Saigon Sisters restaurant in Chicago.
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Election 2024

At the DNC, mayors underscore need for affordable housing

by Nova Safo
Aug 20, 2024
"[Housing] is the leading issue that American mayors cite when talking about the big challenges facing their cities," said Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther.
Mayors at the Democratic National Convention on Monday.
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Election 2024

VP Kamala Harris charts her own economic path as presidential hopeful

by Nova Safo
Aug 19, 2024
At the Democratic convention, Kamala Harris may walk a fine line between lauding Biden's successes and articulating her own vision.
Posters promote nominee Kamala Harris on the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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National Debt

Does Social Security increase the national debt? It depends on how you define “debt.”

by Nova Safo and Kimberly Adams
Jul 4, 2024
The program pays $1.5 trillion a year and aids 70 million Americans. But it has its own budget and by law can't create debt or widen deficits.
Almost 70 million Americans receive Social Security benefits and the program pays out about $1.5 trillion a year, as Marketplace's Kimberly Adams explains.
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Why taxpayers keep footing much of the bill for new sports stadiums

by Nova Safo and Alex Schroeder
Jun 27, 2024
Governments provide big subsidies even if the dollars and cents don't add up, says The Economist's Simon Rabinovitch.
The Kansas City Royals' ballpark, Kauffman Stadium. Officials in Kansas want to lure the team away from Missouri.
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