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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 (46)

Marketplace Minute

A consumer pulse check

May 22, 2024
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A mixed open on Wall Street

May 21, 2024
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Marketplace Morning Report

Red Lobster's woes go beyond just bottomless shrimp

May 20, 2024
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The latest in the tense back-and-forth between the U.S. and China

May 20, 2024
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Unemployment claims jump more than expected

May 9, 2024
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Uber underdelivers

May 8, 2024
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A mixed bag from Disney

May 7, 2024
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A Goldilocks jobs report

May 3, 2024
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Stocks open higher

May 2, 2024
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Wall Street opens lower

Mar 15, 2024
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Forever stamps are about to get more expensive — again

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
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.
A Forever stamp will cost 73 cents starting July 14.
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What goes into OPEC's decision-making?

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
May 31, 2024
The cartel wants to manipulate production to push up prices and demand.
“Price is always in the background as part of the discussion,” says Mark Finley at Rice University’s Baker Institute.
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Some good housing news? Foreclosures are down 24% from the same time a year ago

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
May 30, 2024
The wave that hit after the pandemic foreclosure moratorium first lifted has generally worked its way through the system.
The eviction moratorium in the CARES Act allowed homeowners "to maintain their mortgage in a healthy way," said Zillow's Nicole Bachaud.
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Walmart's newest growth market? More affluent shoppers

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
May 16, 2024
"I’m not embarrassed to say I bought something from Walmart anymore," says one such shopper.
The company has been trying to lure more high-end shoppers with new, trendier products and faster delivery of online orders.
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Why isn't the cost of borrowing money included in the consumer price index?

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
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.
Borrowing is a major expense for many Americans. One example is the interest on car loans.
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The federal government's inflation measures can feel ... wrong. How accurate are they?

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Apr 30, 2024
CPI and PCE can both seem to be out of step with consumers' experience.
The CPI and PCE each have their own basket of goods and services they keep an eye on to determine how inflation is doing.
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Workers used to earn about two-thirds of the income their labor generates. Now, it's just over half.

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Apr 12, 2024
The stat, called labor share of national income, is being squeezed by globalization, declining union membership and automation.
Even though workers' slice of the pie is shrinking, the U.S. economy is growing, so they're getting a smaller slice of a bigger pie.
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Health and Wealth

Women pay more than men for health care. That's leading some of them to declare bankruptcy.

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Apr 8, 2024
Even when pregnancy-related costs are stripped out, women still pay more than men.
Female employees spend about $266 a year more out-of-pocket for health care than their male colleagues, a Deloitte study finds.
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Baltimore Bridge Collapse

Maryland legislators hope to help port workers and others affected by the bridge collapse

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Apr 1, 2024
More than 15,000 people work directly at the port, and more than 140,000 additional jobs are connected to it.
With the port's main shipping channel closed, small business owners as well as restaurant and hotel staff working near the port could soon find themselves out of work.
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The shrinking federal government — in D.C.

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Mar 15, 2024
For years, there have been more federal workers based outside the nation’s capital than in it. That trend picked up during the pandemic.
"From February 2020 to January 2024, federal government employment in the District of Columbia, D.C. proper, fell by 2%,” said T.J. Lepoutre at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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