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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

  • The trading symbol for BlackRock is displayed at the closing bell of the Dow Industrial Average at the New York Stock Exchange on July 14, 2017 in New York.
    BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images

    Sussing out the phase one deal’s intellectual property rules. What an age discrimination case at the Supreme Court could mean for federal employees. How BlackRock’s move on climate risk will “reshape” finance.

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  • Protesters gather outside an event hosted by Amazon boss Jeff Bezos in New Delhi.
    Pritam Roy/BBC

    Amazon unveils a new investment to boost Indian-made exports. Flybe gets its bailout, but criticism flies from rivals and environmentalists. Can a phase one trade deal between the U.S. and China stop intellectual property theft?

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  • Expensive housing in big cities like New York are pushing some people into illegal basement apartments.
    Drew Angerer/Getty Images

    A Phase One deal trade is about to be signed. The U.S. rescinds the label of “currency manipulator” it had given to China. Lawmakers address the issue of affordable housing at the Capitol.

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  • An Amazon logo is seen inside the Amazon corporate headquarters on June 16, 2017 in Seattle, Washington.  
    David Ryder/Getty Images

    Banks can thank regular consumers for their booming business. Seattle cuts Amazon out of city politics. Democrats are spending big to remain in the presidential race.

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  • China currency jumps after manipulator label dropped
    ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images

    China is no longer branded a currency manipulator. A U.K. airline could be saved by a cut in airport tax for all. The controversy of phosphate mining in northwest Africa. 

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  • How will you be celebrating Oscar night?
    RALF HIRSCHBERGER / Staff

    What will put the brakes on booming financial markets? Wireless providers aren’t always talking about the same 5G. Is Hollywood still #sowhite?

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  • Jan 13, 2020

    IP mandate

    IP mandate
    Mark Schiefelbein/AFP via Getty Images

    What does the so-called Phase One deal between the U.S. and China mean for intellectual property rules? Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan meet over a Nile dam dispute. CFOs see an economic slowdown on the horizon.

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  • Customers shop at a Walmart India"s Best Price Modern Wholesale store in Jammu
    Reuters

    Walmart lays off executives in India. Ministers from Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt meet in Washington amid tensions over the new dam on the Nile. How a divide between China and the rest of the world is creating a “splinternet”.

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  • Jan 10, 2020

    New loan, who dis?

    New loan, who dis?
    ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images

    What the positive trend in new jobs doesn’t tell us about stagnant wages. Boeing’s incoming CEO faces an uphill battle. Kelly Peeler is helping tackle the student debt crisis, one text at a time.

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  • The NFL’s betting Hail Mary
    Ethan Miller / Getty Images

    Hackers hit airport currency exchanges. Unemployment is way down, so why are wages still so low? The NFL gets into live, legal betting.

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