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Alex Schroeder

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

  • Cyclists near the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany.
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    Eurozone finance ministers agree on protections worth $590 billion for businesses and workers. Russia tells OPEC it will cut oil production. Wholesale food businesses rush to sell directly to consumers.

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  • The number of people filing for unemployment is starting to sound more intense than even the Great Recession of a dozen years ago.
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    More than 6.6 million Americans have filed for unemployment claims in the past week, and they’re spreading into new industries. The Fed will make $2.3 trillion more available to backstop the economy. President of the Boston Fed surveys the economy.

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  • Dhanwantari Foundation International members serve food to homeless people on a street during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Hyderabad, India, on April 9, 2020.
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    Warnings that the pandemic could push half a billion people into poverty. Nobel laureate Esther Duflo offers advice for aiding the poor. We’re in for another awful report on layoffs in the U.S. today.

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  • Italy calls on united economic action from EU countries.
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    Italy’s Prime Minister says European countries must agree over debt sharing. Sub-Saharan African nations face their first recession in 25 years. Brazil’s top companies agree on no job cuts for 60 days.

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  • Won't company profit reports for the first quarter just be one big asterisk given the COVID-19 pandemic?
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    Some rebounding for U.S. markets; less confidence for those in Europe. Honda, Nissan and Tesla on the list of car companies triggering mass furloughs of factory workers. An update on the extra $600 in unemployment benefits.

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  • Those affected by the coronavirus can draw funds from retirement savings without penalty now.
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    New rules on tax-protected retirement plans, so people can take their money out without penalty and put it back when cash flow returns. TJX the latest retailer to trigger mass furloughs. Slow ramp-ups for Chinese cities after lockdowns.

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  • Americans can now tap 401(k)s without penalty. Here’s how it works.
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    People affected by the crisis can access of up to $100,000 of their retirement savings without the usual 10% penalty.

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  • A mother and son waiting for the first train from Wuhan.
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    Buses, trains and domestic flights have resumed from the Chinese city at the center of the COVID-19 pandemic. Does the British government face a leadership vacuum? Spain considers a universal basic income.

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  • America's central bank is putting more juice behind emergency loans to help small businesses.
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    Stocks are up again today, despite new data about the misery of American small businesses. The Fed steps in to help finance small business loans. How commercial fishers are faring. The push for corporations to donate to fight COVID-19.

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  • A few car insurance companies are giving people a break, given that we're home a lot and not driving much.
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    Allstate says it’s proactively giving a 15% shelter-in-place discount to its car insurance customers. The call for the immediate cancellation of the debt of poor countries. The effect of the pandemic on black-owned businesses.

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