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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 (55)

Marketplace Minute

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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Marketplace Morning Report

The extra long lag of the Fed's interest rate hikes

Jun 20, 2024
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Marketplace Morning Report

When each state has "its own unique cannabis industry"

Jun 20, 2024
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Marketplace Morning Report

Support has waned for the Buy Black Movement

Jun 19, 2024
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Black entrepreneurship and closing the racial wealth gap

Jun 19, 2024
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Marketplace Minute

Consumers snap shut their wallets

Jun 18, 2024
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An encouraging report on manufacturing

Jun 17, 2024
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A consumer pulse check

May 22, 2024
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How a stronger dollar weakens economies abroad

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Sep 8, 2022
Countries that import commodities priced in U.S. dollars, like oil, are paying a lot more. So are nations that have dollar-denominated loans.
If the value of the dollar climbs against a currency like the Mexican peso, Mexico's debt payments increase.
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Ahead of Fed's September meeting, some key data on unemployment and inflation

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Aug 29, 2022
Fed Chair Jerome Powell has made it clear he will not waiver in the fight against inflation, even if it causes economic pain.
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What was the main driver of inflation from 2019-21?

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Aug 25, 2022
A New York Fed economist says 60% of inflation was driven by demand for goods, and 40% was from supply-side issues that magnified that higher demand.
Without the supply chain bottlenecks we've experienced, we might have seen 6% inflation at the end of last year, instead of 9%, a New York Fed economist posits.
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Play Fed bingo during the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Aug 25, 2022
There are some key words to watch for in Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s speech: "data," "inflation" and "unemployment" are among them.
Listen to Fed Chair Jerome Powell's speech at Jackson Hole on Friday and play along with our bingo board to see which key phrases he mentions.
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The Federal Reserve is unwinding its bond-buying program. Will that help deflate the inflation balloon?

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Aug 24, 2022
The Fed uses its buying power in the bond market to raise or lower interest rates by manipulating how much money is available in the economy.
The Fed blew up the "balloon" of the economy during the pandemic by, in part, ratcheting up its bond buying and flooding financial markets with money.
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The lure of fishing, a Federal Reserve chair and Jackson Hole

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Aug 24, 2022
We delve into the history of the Federal Reserve's annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium.
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How relevant are Federal Reserve meeting notes in a changing economy?

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Aug 17, 2022
Inflation seems to be easing since the central bank met in July. But analysts observe the dynamics among policymakers.
Wall Street often uses the minutes from Federal Reserve meetings to predict market trends, but the meeting notes don't always reflect current economic information.
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Freight rail faces service and labor issues as well as federal scrutiny

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jul 21, 2022
What happens on the rails has ripple effects because freight trains are the economy's bloodstream, circulating products across the U.S.
Observers have attributed freight trains' service shortfalls to both pandemic-related stresses and cost-cutting to please investors.
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For low-income military service members, inflation hits family budgets hard

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jul 13, 2022
Congress is considering a Pentagon funding bill that would continue a "basic needs allowance" for low-income service members.
Inflation has exacerbated food insecurity for some military families.
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State abortion bans will push people "deeper into poverty," professor says

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer , Ariana Rosas and Erika Soderstrom
Jun 28, 2022
And for teens, says Lina-Maria Murillo, "you're essentially cutting them off from making major decisions about the future."
"In a country that has fought vehemently against universal health care, our maternal mortality rates are some of the worst in the industrialized world. Forcing birth is only going to make that worse," says Lina-Maria Murillo of the University of Iowa.
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