Stephanie Hughes
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Senior Reporter @Marketplace, focusing on education. Moving to https://t.co/GLnFmsiRP7
Baltimore, MD
Joined July 2008
Today is my first day as a reporter @Marketplace! I'm moving from working with the excellent team at Marketplace Tech to reporting on economics and business more broadly, with a focus on education. What should I be covering? shughes@marketplace.org.
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RT @DivesTech: Great to be on @Marketplace with @stephanie_h discussing the Trump Organization's plan for a phone and why we view making ph….
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No major phone manufacturer has built its devices in the U.S. for at least a decade, and there’s not much infrastructure left here.
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This week, I report on how core goods inflation -- which is goods, taking out food and energy -- could be where we see the effects of tariffs on prices first. But not yet. That measure was up 0% in May from the month before.
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Keep your eye on an inflation measure that focuses exclusively on goods except for food and energy.
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RT @EconBerger: Thanks to @stephanie_h at @Marketplace for chatting with me yesterday:. “People are also telling you, you know what? I act….
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Data out Tuesday from The Conference Board indicates consumers think the tub is draining faster than it’s filling up.
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RT @RogerEntner: Verizon feels the pain of federal layoffs in declining phone subscribers: @Marketplace @stephanie_h.
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The telecom company lost 289,000 monthly subscribers in the first quarter. It attributes at least part of the decline to less government spending.
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RT @EconBerger: “Things were good in mid-March, but what do they look like in mid-September?”. My pessimistic take on the coming damage to….
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March’s jobs report was decent. But sweeping changes to U.S. trade policy taking effect in early April may show up in next month’s numbers.
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I am not bad at math. But I'm still sometimes stymied by the physics of getting a duvet cover on.
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My scoop on how @transitbooks will be publishing more of 2023 #NobelPrize winner Jon Fosse's books in the US.
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The independent press run by a husband and wife team has grown its revenue and staff since Fosse won the Nobel in 2023.
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Anyone else have to really get inside their own head when reading their own handwriting? It took me a solid ten seconds to realize I’d written the word “recorder”
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Guys, I made my first ever currency joke on the radio last night. Not sure if it landed, but I did it.
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RT @susanphill: Fact check on Trump’s claim about banning fracking in PA - a president can’t ban it here. My story on this fracking in PA o….
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Despite the focus on fracking during the vice presidential debate and elsewhere, it’s hard to find a voter in Pennsylvania who thinks it’s a big issue.
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RT @davidfolkenflik: The ABC duo is factchecking, pretty much just Trump so far, but it's focused, crisp and brief, so it doesn't feel as t….
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I ate a bunch of potato chips and now seem to have a potato chip headache. I did not know was a thing, but maybe it's a thing?.
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RT @SpirosMargaris: AI could automate over half of #banking jobs, . new @Citi report says . #fintech #GenAI #AI #f….
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A new report by Citi looks at the financial tasks that will be delegated to AI — and the new ones that will crop up.
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