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Daniel Shin

Producer

Daniel helps produce the daily “Marketplace Tech” show and podcast, and he’s interested in tech policy and ethics.

Latest from Daniel Shin

  • Sixteen million people signed up for unemployment benefits in the three weeks before this one.
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    Context on the millions more who signed up for state unemployment benefits in the last week. Big banks pledge that stimulus checks will not go toward covering overdraft fees and such. Is the current economic narrative a self-fulfilling prophecy?

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  • An apple picker works at an orchard farm in the U.K.

    Britain flies in foreign workers to harvest fruit during the COVID-19 outbreak. Germany starts to open up. The challenges of lockdown for many Indian migrant workers.

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  • Contact-tracing apps are dependent on people voluntarily downloading and using them.
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    Apple and Google have created an app to track whether you’ve been near a COVID-19 patient.

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  • Retail sales in the U.S. fell by 8.7% in March.
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    Retail sales fell dramatically in March, slightly more than the pessimistic forecasts of economists. How to gradually lift stay-at-home orders and phase in economic activity. Do we pay enough to workers at the frontlines of this pandemic? Airlines reach a bailout deal.

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  • With the stresses of the pandemic, companies offering mental health services by app are finding a surge in new interest.
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    When you turn off large parts of the economy, cities and states aren’t collecting as much in taxes. New numbers on homebuilders’ confidence — or pessimism. Even before the pandemic, online therapy and therapy apps were booming.

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  • Dorchester chef Michey Chan serves up lunch at Manorfield Primary School in London.
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    The G-20 decides whether to suspend debt payments for the poorest economies. Spain slowly emerges from lockdown. And one top chef swaps the banquet hall for the school lunch hall.

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  • People walk past an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) station, more commonly known as Food Stamps, in the GrowNYC Greenmarket in Union Square on September 18, 2013 in New York City.
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    “We can do a lot more than just help people know how much they have left on their card,” Propel CEO Jimmy Chen said.

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  • About 2 million loans were in forbearance the first week of April, meaning borrowers have asked for a temporary break on payment due.
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    The market is clearly pricing in a recession. More Americans are putting their mortgage payments on hold. The latest on business interruption insurance. NBCUniversal is set to launch its Peacock streaming service.

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  • Our COVID-19 future, as told by banks
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    The season for corporations to report their January to March results is upon us, and many will contain educated guesses about how the COVID-19 Economy will play out. Inside the confusion over the $350 billion in loans for smaller businesses.

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  • Manufacturing and construction can start again in Spain.
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    Italy, Spain and Austria start to go back to work while France extends its lockdown until 11 May. India is forecast to see no economic growth this year, as it extends its lockdown. India’s call center sector faces job losses.

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