 
Cardiff Garcia
Cardiff Garcia is a co-host of NPR's The Indicator from Planet Money podcast, along with Stacey Vanek Smith. He joined NPR in November 2017.
Previously, Garcia was the U.S. editor of FT Alphaville, the flagship economics and finance blog of the Financial Times, where for seven years he wrote and edited stories about the U.S. economy and financial markets. He was also the founder and host of FT Alphachat, the Financial Times' award-winning business and economics podcast.
As a guest commentator, he has regularly appeared on media outlets such as Marketplace Radio, WNYC, CNBC, Yahoo Finance, the BBC, and others.
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                        Corn prices are falling, but the price of Fritos in the White House press corps break room is up by 20%. What's going on? Team Indicator is on the case!
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                        Ever since the end of the financial crisis, rents have been rising all across America. A recent report could signal a turning point in the housing recovery.
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                        The U.S. trade war with China escalated this week. The Trump administration might be underestimating how many options the Chinese government has for responding to American tariffs.
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                        The psychological scars wrought by the 2008 financial crisis are taking a long time to heal. We're a lot more cautious, which has serious implications for the economy.
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                        This week in history: Saudi Arabian oil and the creation of Aramco.
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                        Why boom and bust is part and parcel of the emerging economic experience.
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                        We hear a lot about the effects of the financial crisis on the economy and markets, but what about the lasting effects it had on our psyches?
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                        The availability of work — the availability of jobs for people who want a job and even for people who didn't know they want a job — continues expanding.
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                        Clowns and clowning have been suffering from a chronic branding crisis for decades. Can they fix it?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
