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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.
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Black entrepreneurship's role in closing the racial wealth gap
Jun 19, 2024
Kezia Williams, CEO of the Black upStart, on how Black-owned businesses can bridge a wealth divide rooted in discrimination.
For local firms, Baltimore bridge reconstruction is personal
Jun 17, 2024
Baltimore businesses are lining up for a chance to bid on the reconstruction of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, a project which hits close to home.
How the Federal Reserve's inflation fight today compares with the '70s and '80s
Jun 12, 2024
Decades ago, the Fed was battling double-digit inflation, and Chair Paul Volcker took aggressive action that drove interest rates way up.
Forever stamps are about to get more expensive — again
Jun 4, 2024
The price of a first-class Forever stamp is set to rise from 68 cents to 73 cents on July 14. But some question what they get for the price.
What goes into OPEC's decision-making?
May 31, 2024
The cartel wants to manipulate production to push up prices and demand.
Some good housing news? Foreclosures are down 24% from the same time a year ago
May 30, 2024
The wave that hit after the pandemic foreclosure moratorium first lifted has generally worked its way through the system.
Walmart's newest growth market? More affluent shoppers
May 16, 2024
"I’m not embarrassed to say I bought something from Walmart anymore," says one such shopper.
Why isn't the cost of borrowing money included in the consumer price index?
May 15, 2024
Loans are a big cost, but they would muddle the data in the CPI. Fed rate hikes would essentially create inflation, despite their intention.
The federal government's inflation measures can feel ... wrong. How accurate are they?
Apr 30, 2024
CPI and PCE can both seem to be out of step with consumers' experience.
Workers used to earn about two-thirds of the income their labor generates. Now, it's just over half.
Apr 12, 2024
The stat, called labor share of national income, is being squeezed by globalization, declining union membership and automation.