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

Jun 7, 2022
Apple is taking a bite into the buy now, pay later business
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Say hello to Apple Pay Later, which will be the tech giant’s offering in the growing buy now, pay later space. It’ll be available with Apple’s next operating system in the fall, and it signifies the largest entry yet into the industry. We look at how teens are helping shore up shortages for plenty of business owners. JetBlue continues to sweeten its offer for Spirit Airlines, which is close to landing on a merger decision.
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Jun 7, 2022
AstraZeneca looks beyond vaccines but has no regrets, says CEO
From the BBC World Service: Pascal Soriot, chief executive of the British-Swedish pharmaceutical giant, recently sat down with the BBC to talk about the decision to sell vaccines at-cost during the height of the pandemic, and the impact of COVID-19 on the business. Sri Lanka’s new prime minister says the country will need at least $5 billion over the next six months just to maintain basic functions. And British singer Kate Bush has made a global chart comeback, thanks to the Netflix show “Stranger Things.”
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Jun 6, 2022
A good time to graduate college
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What a difference two years makes for people graduating from college. A survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers found that employers plan to hire 32% more graduates from the class of 2022 than from the year before. We speak with one college president about what he’s seeing on his campus. And, China is reopening more after COVID-related lockdowns. That’s giving investors some optimism about inflation, with potential eases to the ongoing headache that is global supply chain frictions.
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Jun 6, 2022
Good and bad news for the baby formula shortage
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The good news is that a major baby formula manufacturing plant in Michigan is restarting production after being closed for months. That could help ease the shortage. But it’s going to take weeks for new product to hit the shelf. And the bad news is that the shortage has only gotten worse in recent weeks. Also, the U.S. considers lifting tariffs to flight inflation. And, half of NBA teams now have Black head coaches, including the Boston Celtics who are playing for a championship in the NBA Finals. But the league is still behind on equity when it comes to other hiring.
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Jun 6, 2022
Chinese tech giant Ant Group launches new bank in Singapore
From the BBC World Service: In Singapore, Chinese tech giant Ant Group has launched a new digital wholesale bank called ANEXT. In Bangladesh, an explosion at a depot containing garments ready for export to Western retailers, has killed dozens of people. And, what’s thought to be the world’s biggest trial of a four-day work week starts today in the U.K.
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Jun 3, 2022
Examining the world’s economic power structure with Ray Dalio
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The founder and co-chief investment officer of Bridgewater Associates unveiled a system for scoring the relative power of the world’s top economic superpowers at Davos last week. In our interview, Dalio touches upon the many dynamics and factors that went into his system, the Country Power Score Index. Christopher Low joins us for our markets discussion on Jobs Day, where we find that U.S. employers added 300,000 jobs in May.
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Jun 3, 2022
That paycheck-to-paycheck life is hitting more high earners
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Nearly two-thirds of Americans say they’re living paycheck to paycheck, including a third of people making $250,000 a year, according to a new survey out from Pymnts.com and LendingClub Corp. We take a peek behind some of the data. Ray Dalio, founder and co-chief investment officer of Bridgewater Associates, joined us to discuss how the U.S. is entering a period of “stagflation” in one part of an extensive interview. The massive fire in New Mexico actually started out as a series of prescribed burns. The loss of control could have ripple effects on the practice.
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Jun 3, 2022
Why is OPEC’s oil production increase not calming prices?
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From the BBC World Service: The group of major oil producing nations, including the likes of Saudi Arabia, agreed to cautiously increase production. They didn’t, however, throw oil out of the group, and oil markets today seem little moved by the news. We ask why. Also, as Jubilee celebrations continue in Britain – we’ll take you out to the world of cake, bunting and fizz at the U.K.’s street parties.
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Jun 2, 2022
OPEC+ agrees to increase oil production, add to global market
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The group of oil producing nations known as OPEC+ have reportedly agreed to supply more oil to the global market than previously expected. This would be to make up for at least some of the Russian oil embargoed by Western sanctions. There are hints that the record labor shortage could be starting to let up. We check in with the BBC’s Victoria Craig as Britain enters its four-day celebration of Queen Elizabeth II and her 70th year on the throne.
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Jun 2, 2022
Inflation concerns have now become retirement concerns
A quarter of Americans said they will need to delay retirement because of rising costs, according to a new survey from BMO Harris Bank and Ipsos. Also, in such a volatile market, people are saving much less. There’s been a surge in demand for robot assistance from businesses. For today’s Economic Pulse, we explore the concept of a central digital bank currency for the Fed, and why it might not be a good thing.
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