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Alex Schroeder

"Marketplace Morning Report" 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

  • Aug 4, 2020

    Coronavirus relief via executive order?

    President Trump has said he wants to bring back some of the coronavirus pandemic relief himself, through executive orders.
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    President Trump is proposing bringing back the eviction moratorium and enacting a payroll tax cut through executive orders. Tyson Foods has a new CEO. And, we hear from the unemployed people in this country who still have not gotten payments.

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  • Aug 4, 2020

    Oil giant BP reports record $6.7 billion quarterly loss

    Oil giant BP reports record $6.7 billion quarterly loss
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    The oil giant BP has reported a record quarterly loss of $6.7 billion. Plus, $3,500 fines for people breaching COVID-19 restrictions in Melbourne, Australia. And, Ghana offers Americans of African ancestry the opportunity to move.

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  • Aug 3, 2020

    With the dollar down, where are global investors turning instead?

    With the dollar down, where are global investors turning instead?
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    Is it all bad news that the U.S. dollar is down? Still no agreement to extend additional unemployment aid. U.S. action on Chinese companies may go beyond TikTok. And, amid calls for more police accountability, body cameras get more attention.

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  • Aug 3, 2020

    Tick-tock for TikTok? The latest on U.S.-China tensions

    The founders were concerned countries would try to meddle in the U.S., so they passed measures like the Emoluments Clause which prohibits office holders from taking gifts from foreign officials.
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    Last week, President Trump threatens to ban TikTok. Now, Microsoft says it’s in talks to take over the app’s U.S. operations. Where do things stand? Plus, Disney earnings this week. And, social impact investing is alive and well.

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  • Aug 3, 2020

    ByteDance urges U.S. to allow Microsoft-TikTok deal

    TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance remains under pressure in the U.S.
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    Microsoft has confirmed that it is continuing talks to purchase the U.S. operations of TikTok. HSBC sees profits plunge amid protests in Hong Kong. And, two years after a deadly bridge collapse in Genoa, the Italian city has a replacement.

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  • Jul 31, 2020

    It turns out the pandemic also attacks the U.S. dollar

    George Washington has appeared on the one dollar bill since 1869.
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    The dollar is set for its biggest monthly decline in a decade. Analysis finds that Black and Latino workers are having their state unemployment claims rejected at disproportionately higher rates. And, the fight to save bananas from extinction.

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  • Jul 31, 2020

    Crushed by COVID-19, major European economies sink into recession

    The eurozone economy has entered a historic recession as a result of the COVID-19 health crisis.
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    The eurozone saw its largest contraction on record with declines of more than 10% each in Germany, France, Italy and Spain. Life after lockdown for a restaurant group in Lithuania. Airlines worry travel restrictions are stifling passenger demand.

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  • Jul 31, 2020

    Amazon’s next frontier? Outer space.

    Amazon says it’s going to spend more than $10 billion to deploy and operate more than 3,000 satellites to provide broadband service in the U.S.
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    Amazon’s big step to build out a network of satellites to provide high-speed internet. A Yale study finds expanded jobless benefits are not the reason people haven’t returned to work. And, the state of the hotel industry right now.

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  • Jul 30, 2020

    The worst economic weakness we’ve seen

    The Commerce Department’s estimate of the second-quarter decline in GDP marked the sharpest such drop on records dating to 1947.
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    In the second quarter, GDP contracted at an annual rate of nearly 33%. Regionally, economic activity declined far more in areas reliant on sectors like manufacturing and tourism. Plus, how Quebec is trying to help local businesses stay afloat.

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  • Jul 30, 2020

    Any progress on Congress’ push for new economic relief bill?

    With the extra unemployment assistance officially ending Friday, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is among those urging Congress to act.
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    Democrats and Republicans appear no closer to reaching a deal on a COVID-19 relief bill. What does Fed Chair Jerome Powell think about that? Strong second-quarter earnings expected for Amazon. What utility PG&E can expect from a deal with Tesla.

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