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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

  • Not all the Fed governors agreed on July’s interest rate cut. Union membership drops. The Midwest struggles with the aftermath of flooding.

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  • ICE agents executing a federal search warrant at a poultry processing plant in Mississippi on Aug. 7, 2019.
    Photo courtesy of ICE

    The Fed gives us a peek into its reasoning behind July’s interest rate cut ahead of its big summit in Jackson Hole. How do immigration raids affect families and businesses in their wake?

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  • Greenland is looking to diversify its economy and grow its mining sector

    Delays in Boeing 737-Max plane deliveries could see layoffs. Greenland’s rare earth minerals are of growing interest to the U.S.

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  • Aug 21, 2019

    Matters of import

    Chinese employees work on manufacturing products that will be exported to the US at a factory in Binzhou in China's eastern Shandong province on May 17, 2019.
    STR/AFP/Getty Images

    Investors focus on retail and the Fed Wednesday. Planned Parenthood forgoes federal money over abortion. Businesses are finding workarounds to deal with tariffs hitting in September.

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  • Aug 21, 2019

    The Arctic monies

    A little auk (Alle-alle) flies near the Kronebeene glacier in the Svalbard archipelago, in the Arctic Ocean, on July 21, 2015.
    DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images

    Japan tries to avoid a tax war. One of Trump’s proposed stimulus tax cuts could have little effect. The race for resources under Arctic ice.

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  • Demonstrators protest at the Pulse of Europe demonstration on March 31, 2019 in Berlin, Germany.
    Adam Berry/Getty Images

    Prime Minister Johnson meets Chancellor Merkel as he seeks to renegotiate the U.K. leaving the E.U. We hear why Norway’s sovereign wealth fund matters to its citizens. Do you love or hate e-Bikes?

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  • Tesla plans to rent solar panel systems to customers starting at $50 per month.
    Tesla

    Global uncertainty is stifling Germany’s economy. Tesla revamps its solar panel business with a rental plan.

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  • The Maine issue with elder care
    John Moore/Getty Images

    Could a payroll tax cut stimulate an already “strong” economy? Lower interest rates haven’t boosted home sales just yet. An elder caregiver shortage in Maine could be a glimpse of the future for the rest of country.

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  • The country faces political uncertainty as well as its mounting debt

    Could a new coalition government tackle Italy’s mounting debt problem? Hong Kong’s leader plans more dialogue with protesters. Who benefits from having gold?

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  • Trucks drive along Interstate Highway 90 in Chicago.
    Scott Olson/Getty Images

    Stimulus talk calms recessions fears. Home Depot deals with slowing home sales and Chinese tariffs. The Trump Administration wants to ease safety restrictions for truck drivers.

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