Tracey Samuelson

SHORT BIO

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)

For some, family history can be traced through a bank

Jul 17, 2015
Why genealogy is a financial service.

Debt relief for Greece: central and contentious

Jul 15, 2015
Options include rate reduction, more time for payments and wiping out some debt.

One number to rule them all

Jul 10, 2015
Universal identifiers like Social Security numbers are a big target for hackers.

The trade deficit has widened to $41.9 billion

Jul 7, 2015
America tends to import more as the economy gets stronger.

Jobs report in 4 charts: who's working, who's not

Jul 2, 2015
The labor force made up of people 25 to 54 years old is at a low point.

U.S. rice growers want to get in on Cuba

Jul 2, 2015
The increased demand would help farmers, who have seen prices fall.

Darden's real estate play

Jun 23, 2015
Olive Garden's owner will spin off part of its business into a REIT.

Existing home sales on the rise

Jun 22, 2015
More first-time buyers leaped into the housing market in May, Realtors say.

Greek debt crisis is feeling like Groundhog Day

Jun 16, 2015
Time and options are running out for the nation, whose payments are due soon.

AIG bailout trial: a partial moral victory

Jun 15, 2015
Hank Greenberg 'wins the battle but loses the war.'