Kristin Schwab is a senior reporter at Marketplace focusing on the consumer economy. She's based in Queens, New York.

The agency has an unprecedented budget to carry out Trump’s agenda.

Consumer sentiment fell in early August, according to the University of Michigan’s regular index. But retail sales numbers — ...

Local and state funding, small donors, private foundations — all are stepping up to fill the gap left by sudden funding cuts ...

Retail giant Target and the beauty supply chain Ulta Beauty have announced the corporate equivalent of a “conscious ...

If we had a Medicare-for-all system, everyone would be in the same risk-pool, bringing down costs for patients.

President Trump has reportedly floated a plan that would have the U.S. government take partial control of Intel, the ailing ...

A new investigation finds that abuse rates are higher at nursing homes with more mental illness. There’s a financial reason ...

Anita Ramaswamy, columnist at The Information, joins Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino on “Tech Bytes: Week in Review.” ...

Import costs have surged in the country, sending inflation soaring to around 15% — that means shrinking international dollar ...

About a quarter of the 3.3% price increase recorded by this month’s producer price index was driven by a spike in wholesale ...

The world's first humanoid robot games in China involve soccer, dancing, and boxing. But it's not just about the sport; the ...