Bianca Facchinei

Bianca Facchinei

Bianca Facchinei

Politics Reporter

Bianca is a national correspondent for Scripps News in the Washington bureau, where she covers the economy. She frequently reports on the biggest financial issues facing Americans including inflation, jobs, and wages. Bianca also serves as fill-in anchor for live and recorded programming. She joined Scripps News in April 2018.

Recent Work
Dollar Tree shopping bags rest in a shopping cart

Dollar store closures impact lower-income, rural customers most

Destinee Stewart, a former teacher who now runs a child care business out of her home.

Lawmakers propose bill to help ease child care costs for families

Hiring sign is displayed in Arlington Heights, Ill.

Unemployment rate remains low, but GOP says Americans still struggling

The likeness of Abraham Lincoln is seen on a U.S. $5 bill

What voters can expect to hear on economy in the State of the Union

Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell

What do Powell's comments on rate cuts mean for Americans?

A closeup of a beam scale

Are weight loss drugs only available to the wealthy?

A woman checks prices as she shops at a grocery store

Restaurant prices up 5.1% in January as food costs continue to rise

Technician in blue gloves does control check of the in vitro fertilization process using a microscope.

Alabama court cites Bible while ruling embryos are children

Roses are displayed at a flower shop on Valentine's Day

Consumers expected to spend a record $14 billion on Valentine's Day

Kristen Guizani

Rising child care costs creating dilemma for working parents

Now hiring sign outside grocery store.

US job market remains strong despite recent layoff announcements

Signs fill the lawn of a model home for refinancing

More Americans are optimistic about buying a home in 2024

Oil rigs stand in the Loco Hills field in New Mexico.

The US hits record oil production levels under Biden administration

Aerial view of a neighborhood

Experts expect US housing market to change in 2024

Car salesman with a customer

High Federal Reserve interest rates are making it hard to buy a car

Derrick and Ramunda Young.

What are the benefits of shopping with small businesses?

People walk past the New York Stock Exchange.

Which way is the US economy going?

House under contract

Americans experiencing the least affordable housing market since 1984

Teacher with children at daycare

Report finds high child care costs driving parents from workforce

New graduates line up before the start of commencement

White House revising student loan forgiveness plan to help borrowers

Shelf of Halloween candy

Halloween is here, but trick-or-treat candies may cost you more

In Real Life: Crypto Crash

In Real Life: Crypto Crash

Patricia Moran watches as children play at her child care facility

Child care costs rising with more private equity firm investments

Woman working in a laboratory

The gender pay gap isn't budging

A pedestrian passes a Silicon Valley Bank branch in San Francisco

What led to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and others?

The FDIC headquarters are shown.

Silicon Valley Bank collapse made businesses rethink banking habits

Now hiring sign.

Unemployment rate increases as Fed continues to fight inflation

Three girls sit on their phones.

CDC: Suicidal thoughts among teenage girls at highest rate in a decade

Workers stand near underbodies of cars.

Declining health in men could be hurting the manufacturing industry

Eggs for sale

President Biden's State of the Union highlights economic promises