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Erika Soderstrom

Associate Producer

Erika works with a group of extraordinary producers to chase business and economic stories heard on “Marketplace Morning Report.”

Latest from Erika Soderstrom

  • Let’s talk about debt
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    Some Americans used their stimulus checks to pay down all sorts of debt. Which might have been a forward-thinking plan, since federal student loan payments are set to restart this fall.

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  • Skin in the Game: Here’s your change!
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    At mentoring program Gameheads, students draw on lived experience to create video games. Some are tackling the gentrification happening in their own neighborhoods. Plus, the latest on student loan repayments.

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  • Beijing beckons for the US Treasury Secretary
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    From the BBC World Service: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is set to visit Beijing this week as the US and China try to patch up a broken relationship. BBC China Media Analyst Kerry Allen gives the lowdown on how her trip could be received. Plus, an environmental campaign group claims the Anglo-Dutch energy giant, Shell, continues to trade Russian gas, more than a year after promising to pull out of the country. And Warren Bull reports on the hot topic of a shortage of Sriracha sauce.

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  • Gillian Thomas, a senior staff attorney at the ACLU’s Women's Rights Project, tells us what the new law covers.
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    Here’s what you need to know about the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.

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  • New rules for religious accommodation at work
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    Employers will now have to accommodate their employees’ religious observances, unless they can prove doing so imposes a substantial burden on their business operations. Plus, the price of a monarchy, and the hot topic at today’s EU meeting.

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  • With race-based affirmative action gone, what about legacy status?
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    Colleges may respond to the overturning of race-based affirmative action by putting more emphasis on socio-economic status, or even de-emphasizing legacy status. Plus, a law protecting pregnant workers went into effect this week

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  • Pakistani currency notes
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    From the BBC World Service: After months of negotiating, the International Monetary Fund has reached a financing deal with Pakistan to avoid a default. The British are coming… for your airport stores; many of the shops you see in airports in the US are run by a British company, WHSmith, and they’re planning even more. A new airline, K9, is giving pets seats on private jets for routes including London to New York, New Jersey and Dubai. 

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  • The GDP gets a recalculation
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    An updated estimate put first quarter GDP growth in the U.S. at the equivalent of 2% per year. We’ll discuss what that robust GDP means for future rate hikes. Plus, state UI agencies still have frustrating filing processes.

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  • Economics professor, Lee Badgett, explains how more LGBT inclusion can help the economy.
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    According to research, when it comes to LGBT rights, “being a little bit more legally inclusive was worth roughly $2,000 in GDP per capita,” said economics professor Lee Badgett.

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  • Can big banks take economic heat right now?
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    The results of this year’s big bank stress tests are in, and the outcomes are encouraging… according to some. Then, the economic case for LGBTQ equality. 

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