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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

  • Jul 21, 2022

    Why it’s so hard to address the monkeypox outbreak

    People wait in line to recieve the Monkeypox vaccine before the opening of a new mass vaccination site at the Bushwick Education Campus in Brooklyn on July 17, 2022, in New York City.
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    A key part of the problem is a lack adequate infrastructure and investment.

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  • Jul 21, 2022

    Recession fears pause hiring for Big Tech companies

    Recession fears pause hiring for Big Tech companies
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    The growing concerns about a recession are forcing many tech companies to re-evaluate staffing in a variety of ways. We speak to an epidemiologist about how the monkeypox outbreak is shining a light on still-existing health infrastructure issues.

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  • Jul 21, 2022

    ECB finally raises rates, but pain of debt crisis still lingers in Greece

    A man walks past a "one euro" store in central Athens on July 2, 2015. Greece's left-wing government "may very well" resign if a referendum this weekend on bailout conditions results in a 'Yes' vote, Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said in a radio interview on July 2. AFP PHOTO / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI (Photo credit should read LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP via Getty Images)

    From the BBC World Service: The European Central Bank will raise interest rates today for the first time in 11 years. What does that mean for heavily indebted southern European countries like Greece? Victoria Craig has this special edition of the program live from Athens.

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  • Jul 20, 2022

    Housing market feels the effects of higher interest rates

    A "For Sale by Owner" sign is posted in front of property in Monterey Park, California on April 29, 2020. - Home prices in the US grew in February to its highest level in over a year heading into the traditional Spring selling season but momentum in the nation's housing market has been reversed due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

    Susan Schmidt discusses market activity with us as numbers show dropping home sales and mortgage applications. Also, the BBC provides an update on how Europe is handling the Russian gas conundrum. We speak with the BBC’s Victoria Craig about the interest rate decision from the European Central Bank.

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  • Jul 20, 2022

    Tesla plans to bring (faster) power to the people

    PASADENA, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 14: Tesla cars recharge at a Tesla Supercharger station on April 14, 2022 in Pasadena, California. California has unveiled a proposal which would end the sale of gasoline-powered cars while requiring all new cars to have zero emissions by 2035.
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    The electric car giant is expected to roll out adapters for its Supercharger system, which can charge vehicles in minutes. Also, the European Central Bank is on the verge of following the Fed’s anti-inflation play of raising interest rates.

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  • Jul 20, 2022

    Sri Lanka has a new president. But can he heal the country?

    Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe looks on after a marathon debate in parliament in Colombo on April 4, 2018. Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe faced a no-confidence motion that has widened a rift in the ruling coalition and worsened political turmoil in the island nation. / AFP PHOTO / ISHARA S. KODIKARA (Photo credit should read ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP via Getty Images)

    From the BBC World Service: Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been elected Sri Lanka’s president by the parliament. The European Commission is expected to outline proposals for EU countries to reduce their gas consumption by up to 15%. And we catch up with Marketplace’s Victoria Craig, who’s in Greece ahead of tomorrow’s expected rate hike from the European Central Bank.

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  • Jul 19, 2022

    Profits are down for some of the country’s biggest banks

    Corporations will have to navigate an increasingly polarized world — and economy.
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    Banks are making less, courtesy of a slowdown in corporate dealmaking. But they are also reporting that consumer and business lending have grown in the past year. Paul Christopher of Wells Fargo joins us for today’s chat about market activity. With the European Union ready to stop importing Russian coal, some countries in Africa have stepped in to fill the energy void.

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  • Jul 19, 2022

    U.S. tries to catch up in the semiconductor race

    Roughly only 12% of semiconductor chips are made in the U.S., says C.J. Muse, research analyst with investment banking advisory firm Evercore ISI.
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    There’s progress on a bill that could help spark the creation of more semiconductor chips. Homes are still hard to get, even though data shows that the housing market is slowing down. Netflix is trying a few things to adapt to its post-pandemic reality of falling subscriber numbers. 

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  • Jul 19, 2022

    Putin heads to Tehran for talks, but what’s on the agenda?

    Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech, as he visits the Vostochny cosmodrome, some 180 km north of Blagoveschensk, Amur region on April 12, 2022. (Photo by Yevgeny BIYATOV / Sputnik / AFP) (Photo by YEVGENY BIYATOV/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

    From the BBC World Service: Vladimir Putin will be in Iran today on only his second trip out of Russia since his invasion of Ukraine began.  Chinese authorities say they are starting a ‘clean up’ of the internet. A heat wave continues to break records in the U.K. – and melt critical infrastructure.

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  • Jul 18, 2022

    Inflation is bringing people back to the food banks

    The pandemic exacerbated food insecurity, and inflation makes it harder for food banks to provide for families' needs.
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    Mounting costs of food have exacerbated food insecurity, according to food banks that have seen double the number of visitors in some cases. Michael Hewson helps us interpret today’s market activity. The BBC reports on the landscape of tech employment within the United Kingdom.

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