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Jana Kasperkevic

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Jana Kasperkevic is a former digital reporter for Marketplace, based in the New York City bureau.

Prior to joining Marketplace, Jana was a business reporter at The Guardian where she covered the global economy, income inequality, personal finance and small business. Her work has appeared in Inc. Magazine, Houston Chronicle and The Village Voice, among others. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Latest Stories (196)

Do work requirements for welfare recipients work?

by Paulina Velasco and Jana Kasperkevic
Apr 13, 2018
The president seems to think so, but not all experts agree.
President Donald Trump pushes a shopping cart as he tours the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints' food distribution center at LDS Welfare Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, De. 4, 2017, alongside LDS President Henry B. Eyring (L).
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Make Me Smart Question

How Elizabeth Warren learned personal bankruptcy isn't a rich people problem

by Jana Kasperkevic
Apr 10, 2018
Personal bankruptcy is a middle-class problem, says Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) listens to testimony from witnesses during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing.
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Did women’s jobs help them during the recession?

by Jana Kasperkevic
Apr 9, 2018
Women work in professions that are more resistant to the business cycle and therefore more stable, one expert says.
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Trade showdown

More than 2 million jobs could be at risk if China’s tariffs are implemented

by Jana Kasperkevic
Apr 6, 2018
The jobs at risk are mostly based in counties that voted for Trump.
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Trade showdown

Your trade war questions, answered

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer , Jed Kim , Renata Sago , Marielle Segarra , Danielle Chiriguayo , Jana Kasperkevic and Aaron Schrank
Apr 4, 2018
Let's do some tariff talk.
US President Donald Trump signs Section 232 Proclamations on Steel and Aluminum Imports in the Oval Office of the White House on March 8, 2018, in Washington, DC.
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Getting an H-1B visa is becoming more difficult

by Jana Kasperkevic
Apr 2, 2018
The applications for 2018 are open.
President Donald Trump speaks after touring Snap-On Inc. in Kenosha, Wisconsin, April 18, 2017.
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What is inflation and how is it measured?

by Jana Kasperkevic
Mar 22, 2018
Everything you ever wanted to know about inflation.
Rising grocery store prices are just one part of it.
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All the stores you shopped at as a teen are going bankrupt

by Jana Kasperkevic
Mar 20, 2018
Kids these days. They don't shop at the stores like you used to.
Aeropostale is one company that has plans to move away from "on-call" scheduling.
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Divided Decade

Does the U.S. have too many financial regulators?

by Jana Kasperkevic
Mar 19, 2018
The fragmented system is one reason why the 2008 crisis was so bad, experts say.
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Tax Bill 2017

The home equity loan deduction gets a second life

by Jana Kasperkevic
Mar 19, 2018
But only for home improvements.
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