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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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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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Wireless carriers will limit 5G near airports, but airlines are still pushing back

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jan 18, 2022
The airlines have warned that a 5G rollout would cause hundreds of flights to be canceled, diverted or delayed.
After disputes between airlines and wireless carriers, AT&T and Verizon agreed to limit their 5G signals around airport buffer zones.
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A look at the Federal Reserve's historical lack of diversity

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jan 5, 2022
There wasn't a Black member of the Fed's board of governors until 1966. Part of the problem: too much emphasis on Ivy League economists.
“If you’re intentionally creating a talent pool that is nondiverse, then you’re probably going to end up with a nondiverse outcome," Georgetown Law professor Chris Brummer says. Above, the Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C.
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How some companies manage to profit from supply chain kinks

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Dec 14, 2021
While businesses are not immune to the global logistics nightmare, those that primarily source domestically have an advantage.
The factory floor at the Thompson Creek Window Co. CEO Rick Wuest said being domestically sourced means reliability. “We seized the window of opportunity," he said.
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What worker productivity numbers can reveal

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Dec 9, 2021
Productivity drops can confirm other trends like rising wages and shortages of materials.
Labor productivity is a measure of worker output and can be used by the IRS to forecast tax collections.
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Checking the roads and bridges to grandmother's house

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Nov 24, 2021
What will the infrastructure bill do for 60-year-old Putty Hill Avenue Bridge — which supports 17,000 vehicles daily — and similar sites?
Each day, more than 17,000 vehicles use Maryland's 60-year-old Putty Hill Avenue Bridge, which has suffered wear and tear.
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Biden pressures China on commitments to buy U.S. goods and services

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Nov 16, 2021
This is part of the phase one trade deal China signed with the Trump administration. But those goals may have been unrealistic.
President Joe Biden meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a virtual summit Monday.
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Federal pharma ingredient stockpile is under construction in Virginia

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Oct 19, 2021
The stockpile is a way to address shortages of some medicines. Some of the ingredients will be stored for emergency use.
Construction is underway in Petersburg, Virginia, on buildings to house a stockpile of pharmaceutical ingredients.
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What does the Federal Reserve board of governors do, besides voting on interest rates?

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Oct 15, 2021
There are seven members of the board of governors. Usually.
Randal Quarles, a member of the Federal Reserve board of governors, was vice chair for supervision at the central bank until this week. The Fed said that position would go unfilled.
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Confused by IRS letters saying you made a mistake? You're not alone.

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Oct 12, 2021
Some people think followup letters informing them of their right to appeal are a scam. They aren't.
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Will the Fed use regional openings to diversify its leadership?

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Oct 7, 2021
A group of directors at each regional bank is in charge of forming a search committee to hire a new president.
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has expressed support for diversifying the regional Fed banks.
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