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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

  • This picture taken on March 2, 2020 shows a screen with a graphic updates on the progress of the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak around the world, on March 2, 2020.
    John Thys/AFP via Getty Images

    Fresh economic forecasting from the OECD points to global growth slowdown. Market volatility beyond the coronavirus. The British food industry adapts to veganism.

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  • A couple wearing protective face mask walks past an electronic quotation board displaying share prices of Bangkok Stock Exchange in Bangkok on Feb. 29, 2020.
    Romeo Gacad/AFP via Getty Images

    Financial markets open higher after losses last week. British negotiators arrive in Brussels to begin talks about a new trade deal with the EU. Overnight sleeper trains in Europe are making a comeback.

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  • We're on track for the week with the biggest stock losses since the 2008 financial crisis.
    Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images

    Stock indices and bond yields are falling again on Friday. S&P 500 sees its fastest correction in history. One drug with the potential to fight coronavirus already in the development pipeline.

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  • Screens show drops in stock prices on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on February 27, 2020 in New York City.
    Scott Heins/Getty Images

    A global recession on the horizon? An official reading on consumer spending. The worst day for the Dow since February 2018.

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  • Vietnam Airlines staff wear protective suits as they disinfect a plane at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi.
    AFP/Vietnam Airlines

    COVID-19 coronavirus weighs heavily on global markets. Airlines and hotels hit hard as cancellations mount. The important difference between points and percentages in the stock markets.

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  • Bank of America has cut its global growth forecast for 2020 to 2.8%, which would be the lowest reading since 2009.
    Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP via Getty Images

    Can economic policymakers compensate for this virus? Housing shortages move to the heartland. Contrary to Keynes’ prediction, the American workweek is still really long.

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  • A man walks  in front of the New York Stock Exchange in the early hours of the morning.
    Spencer Platt/Getty Images

    Europe’s markets down hard over the ebbing and flowing of concern around COVID-19. The rural areas in America seeing a business boost. Why the American workweek is not shrinking.

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  • Markets continue to feel COVID-19 chill

    Global markets still feeling coronavirus fears. Northern Italian towns remain on lockdown. South Korea keeps interest rates on hold, despite coronavirus spread and a weakened economy.

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  • FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA - MAY 23:  People gather together to ask  the McDonald’s corporation to raise workers wages to a $15 minimum wage as well as demanding the right to a union on May 23, 2019 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.  The nation wide protest at McDonald’s was held on the day of the company’s shareholder meeting.
    Joe Raedle/Getty Images

    Uncertainty over how COVID-19 will affect near-term bottom lines. National Labor Relations Board plans to make it harder for certain workers to unionize. The $24-billion industry of secondhand clothing.

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  • Amid developing news on COVID-19, U.S. consumer confidence has fallen back to its level at the start of 2020.
    Spencer Platt/Getty Images

    U.S. consumers primarily view the coronavirus as a risk to global economic growth. Companies in the travel business are managing the fallout from COVID-19. Some financial innovation geared toward retirement plans.

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