Tracey Samuelson

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Tracey Samuelson is a former senior reporter for Marketplace.

What was your first job?

Working in a bread store at the peak of the anti-carb movement.

What do you think is the hardest part of your job that no one knows?

Cramming all the interesting information I find reporting into a few minutes.

In your next life, what would your career be?

ER doctor.

Fill in the blank: Money can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you ______.

Lots of stuff from Amazon.

What’s your most memorable Marketplace moment?

That time I went to Hawaii ... on assignment.

Latest Stories (475)

Which came first: low oil prices or declining stocks?

Jan 26, 2016
Are stocks low because of lower oil prices or vice versa?
Are stocks low because of lower oil prices or vice versa?
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Modeling the economic impact of the TPP

Jan 25, 2016
A Brandeis professor says the pact will add half-a-percent to total U.S. income

Michael Bloomberg considers a run for president

Jan 25, 2016
We take a look back at how he made his billions.

How capital controls work and sometimes don't

Jan 22, 2016
Emerging economies are trying to keep currency at home with new regulations.

General Electric shifts tack

Jan 22, 2016
The company issues results after recent restructuring moves.

The reality behind Trump's call for higher tariffs

Jan 15, 2016
Donald Trump is calling for tariffs against China — but how effective are they?

Meet me in St. Louis ... we'll leave for L.A. from there

Jan 13, 2016
The Rams are headed to a new $3 billion stadium ten miles from downtown L.A.

North Korea: isolated but staying afloat

Jan 6, 2016
The dictatorship's claim to have tested a hydrogen bomb brought calls for more sanctions.

Why do so many people love Glass-Steagall?

Jan 5, 2016
The depression-era banking regulation keeps coming up

Why markets are so worried about China

Jan 4, 2016
Well, there's the opacity, economic slowdown and trade issues, to start