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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

  • A sign is seen in front of the closed Department of Labor on March 25, 2020 in New York.
    Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

    We got the worst spike ever recorded in the number of people signing up for unemployment. And the data from government agencies might not be capturing the full scope of the damage. Virus relief bill passes in the Senate.

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  • 2018 Nobel laureate Paul Romer has a plan to both keep more people healthy and ramp the economy back up.
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    A Nobel laureate offers a prescription for managing COVID-19 while phasing the economy back in. Today’s first-time unemployment claims number will be the largest in U.S history.

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  • G-20 members will meet in an emergency virtual summit on Thursday.

    World leaders prepare to debate a global action plan to tackle the pandemic. Seychelles is ahead of schedule with a pioneering marine conservation plan. Musicians make ends meet by moving festivals online.

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  • "If we spent $100 billion right now, on protective gear and testing, we wouldn't be faced with a choice of let hundreds of thousands of people die or kill the economy," Nobel Prize-winner Paul Romer says.
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    Nobel laureate and NYU professor Paul Romer says there’s a path forward that limits the spread of the virus while letting most people get back to work over time.

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  • A deserted street is pictured during the first day of a 21-day, government-imposed nationwide lockdown in India.
    Manjunath Kiran/AFP via Getty Images

    Most individuals can look forward to a $1,200 check from the government. The Dow surges more than 11% on Tuesday. Day 1 of a three-week lockdown for India.

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  • The average American will get a check from the government for $1,200.
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    Congress and the White House have hammered out an economic stimulus package deal for more than $2 trillion. The details on loans for small businesses. Forbearance on mortgages.

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  • A citizen wearing face mask scans a QR code with smartphone to register before getting off a bus in Wuhan, Hubei Province of China.
    (Photo by Zhang Chang/China News Service via Getty Images)

    Transport is resuming across the Hubei province, except in Wuhan. U.S. lawmakers strike a $2 trillion stimulus deal. India’s daily-wage workers worry as the country goes into lockdown. Britain’s motorsport industry answers the call to make ventilators.

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  • The fact that COVID-19 deaths have slowed in Italy, in addition to other recent news, is providing a confidence boost in the U.S.
    Spencer Platt/Getty Images

    Americans get hope that the economy won’t be shut down for months or quarters. What life is like for grocery store workers right now. Contingency planning for airlines. The Summer Olympics get pushed back to 2021.

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  • The U.S. is relaxing rules for medical professionals working across state lines
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    Both the states and federal government are lowering the barriers to physicians and nurses practicing in other states.

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  • The House and Senate are still trying to negotiate their respective stimulus plans.
    Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

    Stock futures rally sharply now even as Congress continues to argue over balancing aid to people versus aid to companies. How health care professionals get licensed. A partial lift of the virus lockdown in Wuhan is ahead.

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