Sarah Foster

About

I'm Bankrate's principal writer covering the Federal Reserve, the U.S. economy and economic policy. My passion is helping readers understand how the world’s most powerful policymakers in Washington, D.C., impact their personal finances. I've been covering the U.S. economy since 2018, when I joined the economics news team at Bloomberg News. I stumbled across the beat by the happiest of accidents; I even, somewhat colloquially, refer to myself as the Accidental Economist. But if I'm being honest, my passion for economics has always been a part of me. Originally from a town of 300 in rural Illinois, I gravitated toward writing feature stories about poverty and the psychological impact of unemployment for my high school newspaper. But if you haven't yet realized you love economics, that might just be because you haven’t given it a chance yet. What I hope to show readers is that economics isn’t as boring of a subject as your high school or college teachers might’ve made it seem. It's not just numbers, facts or data. It’s people with livelihoods, careers, dreams and stories.