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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 (59)

Marketplace Morning Report

Bill Gates on addressing AI and global malnutrition

Sep 17, 2024
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Marketplace Morning Report

Retailers try to get just enough on the shelves for the holidays

Sep 17, 2024
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Marketplace Morning Report

How are you doing, consumer?

Sep 16, 2024
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A new type of TikTok dance — one in court

Sep 16, 2024
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There’s a bit less sizzle in the labor market

Jul 5, 2024
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Marketplace Morning Report

The Supreme Court, tribes and online gambling

Jun 21, 2024
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The latest on that potential TikTok ban

Jun 21, 2024
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The extra long lag of the Fed's interest rate hikes

Jun 20, 2024
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When each state has "its own unique cannabis industry"

Jun 20, 2024
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Support has waned for the Buy Black Movement

Jun 19, 2024
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State abortion bans will push people "deeper into poverty," professor says

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer , Ariana Rosas and Erika Soderstrom
Jun 28, 2022
And for teens, says Lina-Maria Murillo, "you're essentially cutting them off from making major decisions about the future."
"In a country that has fought vehemently against universal health care, our maternal mortality rates are some of the worst in the industrialized world. Forcing birth is only going to make that worse," says Lina-Maria Murillo of the University of Iowa.
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How is Gen Z managing its money?

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jun 14, 2022
Some graduated into a pandemic and are experiencing high inflation and market volatility. That's changing their approach to their finances.
From left, Tobi Plumpter, Guy DeWeever II, Emanuel Perez and Leah Smith, on the laptop screen, are part of an investing group of young Black professionals.
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SEC aims for stock trading rule changes

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jun 8, 2022
The proposed changes are expected to even the odds for smaller investors.
The SEC is proposing rules changes to the market that could aid smaller investors.
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Pandemic rules for school lunch program expiring

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jun 6, 2022
The Agriculture Department will soon lose authority to grant waivers allowing kids to get free breakfast and lunch during the pandemic.
Many summer meal sites for students that were open last year won't be open this year, anti-poverty activists say.
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While trade policy could tame inflation, it's no silver bullet

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
May 23, 2022
Tariffs won't go away altogether. Some reduction could impact prices, but not immediately.
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai explains why addressing economic coercion from China is a challenge.
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Gardening 101: Does it pay off for newcomers?

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
May 5, 2022
Pandemic lockdowns and high grocery prices have grown the ranks of gardeners. The costs of cultivation compete with savings on food.
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7 in 10 big firms report wage hikes, survey says. Is it enough to keep up with inflation?

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Apr 25, 2022
Some economists in the survey don’t expect their firms to pay workers more in the future.
Consumer sentiment registered an uptick in the University of Michigan's latest survey, but buyers remain wary about the economy as a whole.
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The bump in the road for improvements to infrastructure

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Apr 20, 2022
President Biden is traveling the country to promote the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Inflation could derail or delay that spending.
President Biden is on an infrastructure tour of the US, discussing the recent Bipartisan Infrastructure law, but inflation is causing a few roadblocks.
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Global economic growth will be almost cut in half this year — or will it?

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Apr 19, 2022
The IMF forecasts a slowdown in growth from 6.1% in 2021 to 3.6% in 2022. But the pandemic and the war could change its outlook.
The uncertainties of the pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war make it especially difficult to predict future economic conditions. Above, inside the New York Stock Exchange.
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The difference a higher minimum wage makes

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jan 20, 2022
A record number of states and cities are raising their minimum wage this year, according to a tally from the National Employment Law Project.
An activist marches in a demonstration Washington, D.C. A higher minimum wage, experts say, give people in lower-waged positions more bargaining power.
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