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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

  • Feb 23, 2021

    Hardening U.S. utility systems

    Experts say the U.S. needs significant investment in energy infrastructure to avert further climate change and avoid power grid failures like the one seen in Texas last week.
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    Some see the battle against climate change as a catalyst for national power grid and energy market upgrades. Plus, the Biden administration is asking the Supreme Court to drop two cases on the legality of making some people work for their Medicaid. And, despite a housing boom in 2020, millennials still don’t own at the rate of previous generations at a similar age.

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  • Feb 22, 2021

    Troubles with another Boeing plane

    Pieces of an airplane engine from Flight 328, a Boeing 777 United Airlines flight, sit scattered in a neighborhood on Feb. 20, 2021 in Broomfield, Colorado.
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    The aftermath of an engine failure on a Boeing 777 flight over the weekend. Plus, why bond prices are falling and what it means for the U.S. economy’s future. And, a report on which jobs won’t be coming back as a result of the pandemic.

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  • Feb 22, 2021

    Biden set to roll out PPP loan changes

    Larger companies initially took advantage of the Paycheck Protection Program, which was intended to offer forgivable loans to smaller businesses.
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    The Small Business administration is going to open up a special two-week lending window starting Wednesday as part of an effort to aid smaller firms and companies owned by people of color. Plus, a new survey on how Black business owners are feeling about the economy right now. And, one factor in rising house prices: the soaring cost of lumber.

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  • Feb 22, 2021

    Japan airlines ground some Boeing 777s following United flight engine failure

    The FAA says only airlines in the United States, Japan and South Korea fly the kind of Boeing plane which experienced engine failure.
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    Two Japanese carriers have stopped flying aircraft similar to the model that suffered engine failure in the U.S. Also, businesses join a general strike over Myanmar coup. Plus, will the creation of a “Great Green Wall” help stop desertification and aid farmers in northern Africa?

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  • Feb 19, 2021

    GameStop saga spills over onto Capitol Hill

    A person checks the GameStop stock with the Reddit, Citadel, Robinhood and Melvin Capital logos in the background in this photo illustration.
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    The House Financial Services Committee hearing on Thursday spent a lot of time looking at the separate roles played by Robinhood and hedge funds. Plus, the federal relief needed to bring back laid-off state and local government workers. And, the federal government’s balancing act between pandemic relief spending now and more spending later.

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  • Feb 19, 2021

    Biden’s first G-7 summit as president

    Biden’s first G-7 summit as president
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    The U.S. will officially rejoin the 2015 Paris Agreement, and Biden will announce a $4 billion dollar global vaccine effort. Plus, how Biden’s new bill on immigration would create a faster path to citizenship for farm workers who are unauthorized. And, Texans grapple with damage to their homes from the winter storms, including bursting pipes.

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  • Feb 19, 2021

    U.K. Supreme Court rules Uber drivers are workers, not independent contractors

    Former Uber drivers James Farrar and Yaseen Aslam brought the case against Uber.
    James Farrar and Yaseen Aslam

    From the BBC World Service: The U.K.’s Supreme Court ruled Uber drivers should be classified as workers and not contractors, and as such are entitled to a raft of benefits and payments.

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  • Feb 18, 2021

    Reddit, Robinhood and hedge funds face Congress

    Reddit, Robinhood and hedge funds face Congress
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    Elected officials in Washington get into the GameStop trading frenzy today. Plus, 861,000 more people registered for unemployment last week. Before the pandemic, there had never once been a week even above 700,000. And, people who are undocumented were excluded from relief money under the CARES Act. We speak with a restaurant worker in Los Angeles about his experience.

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  • Feb 18, 2021

    Facebook bans news in Australia

    Facebook and Australia are in a huge fight over who should pay for news content that appears on social media platforms.
    Niall Carson/PA Wire

    Facebook has blocked Australian users from sharing or viewing news content on the platform. It comes in response to a proposed law which would make tech giants pay for news content on their platforms. Also, SPACs are taking over Wall Street and European stock exchange floors, but what are they and why are they so popular? We’ll explain.

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  • Feb 18, 2021

    A slow news day in Australia … for those reading it on Facebook

    A proposed law in Australia would require social media sites, like Facebook, and search engines, like Google, to pay publishers for news content that appears on their sites.
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    Facebook turned off news feeds in Australia in the latest response to a law that would make Big Tech companies pay for news content that appears on their platforms. Plus, how the worst ice and snow in Texas in a decade is affecting farmers and ranchers. And, highlighting the hardworking people who process unemployment benefits.

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