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)

How to change company boards: the Stringer solution

Nov 7, 2014
New York Comptroller Scott Stringer is teaming up with institutional investors to lobby 75 companies to allow shareholders to nominate directors for election to their boards. This is a bold move to make boards more accountable, and it’s supported by some heavyweight investors.

Voters decide U.S. minimum wage landscape for 2015

Nov 5, 2014
Voters in four states voted to increase the minimum wage.

McDonald's seeks to tailor menu to regional tastes

Nov 3, 2014
The company's "one size fits all" approach has been losing a lot of money.

What the end of Quantitative Easing will and won't mean

Oct 28, 2014
The Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee is meeting today and tomorrow and many are expecting it to announce an end to the bond-buying program of the past six years. What has been the effect of quantitative easing? And are reports of the end of stimulus misleading?

Why did Rite Aid and CVS block Apple Pay?

Oct 27, 2014
Apple's mobile wallet takes a hit in the battle for mobile payment dominance

Blue chips: down, but not out

Oct 23, 2014
With news of dismal earnings, are blue chips losing their sheen?

Europe v China: Whose economic woes pain America more?

Oct 21, 2014
China's growth is declining. Europe is struggling. Which pains the U.S. most?

Liberians in U.S. feel Ebola's social, economic impact

Oct 21, 2014
We look at Ebola's economic impact on the Liberian community in America.

Retail's new normal

Oct 15, 2014
September retail sales take a slight dip from August.

Banks seek profits in credit cards

Oct 14, 2014
Many analysts are looking for profits in a traditionally dull place: credit cards.