Elizabeth Schulze
Elizabeth Schulze is a correspondent at ABC News based in Washington, D.C. Her reporting appears on “Good Morning America,” “World News Tonight with David Muir,” ABC News Live, “What You Need to Know” and all ABC News television and audio affiliates.
Schulze’s coverage includes business, economics, policy and politics. Her ABC News Live series, “Ca$hing In with Elizabeth Schulze,” breaks down how decisions by policymakers in Washington impact Americans’ pocketbooks. She also fills in as anchor on ABC News Live and has hosted ABC’s network programs, including “GMA3,” “Good Morning America: First Look,” “World News Now” and “Nightline.”
Schulze played a key role in the network’s coverage of the 2024 presidential election, reporting on the battleground state of Arizona and the fight over abortion rights. Other notable stories she has covered include the impact of inflation on the American economy, the Federal Reserve’s policy decisions, the economic effect of tariffs, the East Coast port strike, the battle over IVF in Alabama, and the failure of Silicon Valley Bank.
Her special “Generation Swipe” on ABC News Live, Disney+ and Hulu, which covered social media’s impact on young Americans, earned her the Dateline Award for best television business report from the Society of Professional Journalists’ Washington, D.C., Chapter in 2025.
In addition to reporting on the business sector, Schulze has traveled across the country for breaking news stories, including the plane crash at Washington Reagan National Airport, the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore and Hurricane Ida in Louisiana. In July 2023, she traveled with then-President Joe Biden to the NATO Summit in Lithuania.
Prior to joining ABC in 2020, Schulze worked at CNBC, covering economics, financial markets and technology for eight years. She was based in London as a CNBC International correspondent for over two years. Before relocating to London, Schulze was based at CNBC’s global headquarters in New Jersey, where she was responsible for covering the Federal Reserve beat.
Throughout her career, Schulze has moderated panels and interviews across Europe and the Middle East with chief executives and top policymakers, including at the IMF Annual Meetings in Washington, D.C.; the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland; and Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal.
A Minnesota native, Schulze graduated magna cum laude with a double major in journalism and international studies from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. She is married with two children.
