Scott Horsley
Scott Horsley is NPR's Chief Economics Correspondent. He reports on ups and downs in the national economy as well as fault lines between booming and busting communities.
Horsley spent a decade on the White House beat, covering both the Trump and Obama administrations. Before that, he was a San Diego-based business reporter for NPR, covering fast food, gasoline prices, and the California electricity crunch of 2000. He also reported from the Pentagon during the early phases of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Before joining NPR in 2001, Horsley worked for NPR Member stations in San Diego and Tampa, as well as commercial radio stations in Boston and Concord, New Hampshire. Horsley began his professional career as a production assistant for NPR's Morning Edition.
Horsley earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard University and an MBA from San Diego State University. He lives in Washington, D.C.
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Regulators urge consumers not to drain their bank accounts, after reports of large withdrawals by some customers worried about the coronavirus. The FDIC reminds us the accounts are insured. -
Forecasters say the government's aggressive efforts to curtail the spread of the virus will trigger the sharpest slowdown on record. Some see the economy shrinking a staggering 24%. -
The Trump administration is proposing an $850 billion stimulus package to help struggling businesses and individuals weather the economic slowdown triggered by the coronavirus.
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The Federal Reserve cut interest rates to near-zero and announced a set of programs to help blunt the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic spreading throughout the world.
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As stores, restaurants and other businesses feel the shift to more people staying at home, stocks are tumbling and lawmakers are negotiating a possible rescue package.
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Stocks continued their downward slide on Thursday amid growing fears of the coronavirus. Trading was briefly halted after the S&P 500 index fell 7% in the opening minutes of trading.
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Trading on the New York Stock Exchange was halted briefly Monday morning when the S&P 500 index fell 7%. Here's how these automatic circuit breakers work. -
Oil markets crashed and stocks plunged on Monday as a sudden clash among the world's biggest oil producers gave already rattled investors another reason to worry about the global economy.
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It was a roller-coaster week on Wall Street as investors struggled to understand the potential fallout from the coronavirus.
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The increase was about 100,000 more than expected and unemployment dipped to 3.5%. The labor market appears resilient, but fears are growing that the coronavirus will take a toll on the economy.
