Alex Schroeder

Producer

Alex is a producer for the “Marketplace Morning Report.” He's based in Queens, New York. Alex joined Marketplace in 2020, working as MMR's digital producer. After a little over a year, he became the show's overnight producer, getting up far before the crack of dawn to put together the day's newscasts with the host and team. Now, he works daylight hours, preparing interviews for the following morning and producing long-term specials and series. Before Marketplace, Alex worked on several national public radio shows produced out of WBUR in Boston. He was both a radio and digital producer with “On Point,” “Here & Now” and “Only a Game.” Alex also worked at The Boston Globe after graduating from Tufts University. Alex's interests outside of work tend to fall into one of two categories: film or soccer. (Come on Arsenal!) He’s always looking for ways to cover the economics of entertainment and sports on the “Marketplace Morning Report.”

Latest from Alex Schroeder

Apr 27, 2023
The economy is slowing, but inflation’s sticking around
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Monetary policymakers’ fight against inflation has centered around hiking interest rates to cool off the economy, and today’s economic data shows just that — GDP growth slowed considerably last quarter. But core inflation, a measure of price rises among goods that aren’t as volatile, rose at the same time. We ask KPMG chief economist Diane Swonk what that means for the Fed’s inflation fight going forward. Plus, new studies show that popular melatonin gummies contained amounts of the hormone that differed significantly from what had been advertised. And, a look at Texas’s recent push to eliminate sales tax period products like tampons and pads.
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Apr 27, 2023
Are big banks following through on their climate pledges?
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Big banks across the financial sector — including giants like JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, and Bank of America — have made green pledges to reduce their contributions to climate change. But as a pair of new reports point out, the firms’ progress toward those goals has been slow even amid a period of high profitability. We look at why that’s been the case. Plus, the embattled First Republic Bank, one of the mid-sized financial institutions caught in the backblast of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, is in fresh trouble after its stock tanked this week. And, oil tankers are becoming more and more expensive for companies to hire because of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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Apr 27, 2023
Microsoft’s Activision play is far from a done deal after UK snub
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From the BBC World Service: Microsoft’s president Brad Smith has been left fuming after the UK’s anti-trust regulator blocked the planned $70 billion merger with gaming giant Activision Blizzard. He told the BBC he’s disappointed with the UK approach and now sees the European Union as a better place for business investment. Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority is one of three key regulators considering the deal along with those in the U.S. and the EU. Plus, Deutsche Bank has allayed concerns over its health with a set of strong results, but First Republic has hit new lows. And, how the humble homemade sandwich is not immune to inflation.Plus, Deutsche Bank has allayed concerns over its health with a set of strong results, but First Republic has hit new lows. And, how the humble homemade sandwich is not immune to inflation.
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Apr 26, 2023
Google sends mixed signals amid ad revenue slump
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Google’s parent company, Alphabet, reported higher-than-expected profits yesterday, leading to a big stock buyback being authorized by CEO Sundar Pichai. However, that’s a seemingly contradictory move to the extreme cost-cutting measures the company announced this year in response to a slowdown in ad revenue, including layoffs of over 12,000 employees. Plus, a look at how the airline industry is doing amid widespread delays and flight cancellations. And, why fire insurance is increasingly hard to come by for companies that conduct controlled burns to prevent wildfires.
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Apr 26, 2023
Turmoil at Fox News could — somehow — bring advertisers back
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The chaos at Fox News in recent weeks amid the sacking of Tucker Carlson and the Dominion legal settlement has cast a spotlight on the network, which would normally be unwanted. But the chaos may actually end up bringing advertisers who had previously fled when Tucker took over primetime. And, we talk about the musings of the U.S. dollar’s decline with Council on Foreign Relations expert Zongyuan Zoe Liu.
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Apr 26, 2023
Volvo CEO: Europe needs to hit the gas on green subsidies
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From the BBC World Service: The head of carmaker Volvo joins the Marketplace Morning Report and tells us Europe needs to work harder to implement green subsidies to counter the impact of the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act. Plus, British American Tobacco has been handed a $635 million fine for selling cigarette materials to North Korea. And, we finish by heading to Portugal, which has become the unlikely European capital for bicycle manufacturing.
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Apr 25, 2023
We’re starting to see a new normal for airlines
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Leisure travel has fully recovered, but business travel hasn’t. That’s hitting carriers’ bottom lines.
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Apr 25, 2023
First Republic reveals the severity of last month’s banking crisis
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The embattled First Republic Bank, which was nearly a casualty of the banking crisis that saw the collapse of three banks in early March, released earnings yesterday that showed the institution lost $100 billion in deposits due to panic among consumers. We look at what that says about First Republic and the wider banking sector. Plus, how the housing market is looking as home price increases continue to slow. And, we talked to Jean Twenge, professor of psychology at San Diego State University, about her new book “Generations,” which explores the differences between people of different age groups.
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Apr 25, 2023
Airlines are looking to reclaim their groove
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Airlines aren’t doing the hottest at the moment — just look at the headlines about Southwest’s latest spate of flight cancelations. According to Samuel Engel, senior vice president at the consultancy ICF, that’s been due to higher labor costs and a slowdown in highly-profitable business travel. Plus, tech sector results from some of the industry’s biggest companies are out soon, which will shed light on how the AI race is playing out. And, what a weakening U.S. dollar means for companies at home and abroad.
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Apr 25, 2023
Debunking the myths about millennials, boomers and other generations
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It’s not true that all baby boomers are better off and millennials have no chance at owning homes.
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