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Stacey Vanek Smith is a former senior reporter for Marketplace.
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What exactly is a market correction?
Feb 4, 2014
The markets have fallen about 7 percent. So now what?
Coffee prices are down, but your latte's still expensive. Here's why.
Feb 3, 2014
When commodity prices go up, retail prices generally do too. When commodity prices go down, retail prices... seem to stay the same. What's going on?
Amazon Prime: an expensive cash cow
Jan 31, 2014
Amazon is wrestling with its Prime program. The membership club brings in lots of loyal customers, but also costs it lots of money.
The United States of new shoes
Jan 30, 2014
The U.S. economy showed some solid growth last quarter -- mostly because American consumers were spending more
Coffee's cheap right now, and you should be worried
Jan 27, 2014
Coffee prices are near historic lows, but consumers aren't seeing the we're not seeing that's just setting us up for high prices.
Happy 5th anniversary, bull market?
Jan 22, 2014
The fifth anniversary of the markets’ bull run will soon be upon us. On the principle “all good things come to an end,” is it time to expect a correction?
Why it's hard to charge $40 for a pork chop
Jan 21, 2014
Pork prices have been high, but people still crave bacon.
Which spies scare you more?
Jan 17, 2014
The NSA announcement is sucking up a lot of the oxygen today. But what should we be more worried about: the government holding data – or the likes of Target?
Why the demise of brick and mortar stores may not be such a big deal for the economy
Jan 16, 2014
It sounds cold-blooded, but with shopping habits changing fast, the demise of the brick and mortar store may not matter much to the economy in the long run.
Neiman Marcus, like Target, reveals credit card hack
Jan 13, 2014
How do companies decide whether and how to reveal details of data breaches to the public?