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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

  • Jun 4, 2019

    Britain’s NHS in trade-deal speculation spotlight

    Thousands of people take part in a march through central London in 2018 to protest against underfunding and privatisation of the NHS. (Wiktor Szymanowicz / Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

    Australia slashes rates for the first time in three years. One of the U.K.’s biggest fund managers suspends trading in his largest fund as investors ask for their money back. Can Britain’s National Health Service open even more to private investment?

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  • Jun 3, 2019

    Your next surgery could be aided by VR

    In a simulated exercise, third-year orthopedic surgery resident J.P. Wanner practices making repairs to a dislocated hip on Osso VR's virtual reality platform. Vanderbilt University Medical Center is among a dozen institutions test piloting the technology.
    Blake Farmer

    President Trump heads back to the U.K. Why are emerging markets suffering lately? Your next surgery could happen thanks to VR.

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  • Jun 3, 2019

    A younger, greater work-life balance

    A younger, greater work-life balance
    Getty Images

    How to drop $19 billion on a real estate deal. U.S. lawmakers give a Chinese rail company the Huawei treatment. Young people are demanding a greater work-life balance.

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  • Jun 3, 2019

    British Airways gives Pakistan vote of confidence

    A British Airways aircraft taxies on a runway with the Pakistani and Union Jack flags upon landing at the Islamabad International Airport (Photo AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images)

    Will President Trump bolster America’s special relationship with Britain in his three-day state visit? Saudi Arabia gets an investment from one of the U.K.’s biggest businesses. How tourism could help revive Pakistan’s economy. 

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  • May 31, 2019

    They bet on plays down in Africa

    A billboard advertising a popular sports betting site is seen along a highway in Nairobi, on November 8, 2017.
    ONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images

    The inverted yield curve is back. The Earned Income Tax Credit could get an overhaul of its own. Kenyan regulators are keeping a watchful eye on online sports betting.

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  • May 31, 2019

    What do a lot of Americans have in common with Drake?

    Rapper Drake is seen wearing a Dell Curry jersey before Game One of the 2019 NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and the Toronto Raptors at Scotiabank Arena on May 30, 2019 in Toronto, Canada.
    Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images

    Is a U.S.-Mexico tariff row brewing? Realtors fight antitrust allegations. America is rooting for the Toronto Raptors.

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  • May 31, 2019

    Mexico lands in Trump’s tariff crosshairs

    Migrants taking part in a caravan heading to the US, rest next to a Mexican national flag. (Photo by Guillermo Arias / AFP)

    President Trump targets Mexico in new tariff warning. Turkey exits recession. Lessons from Estonia’s reduction in opioid-related deaths.

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  • May 30, 2019

    Stay woke and capitalist

    Nobel prize-winning US economist Joseph Stiglitz listens during the opening session of the 6th edition of the "Entretiens du Tresor" seminar at the Economy Ministry in Paris on January 31, 2017.
    ERIC PIERMONT/AFP/Getty Images

    The economic growth of early 2019 could be waning. Greyhound’s British owner puts the company up for sale. Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz explains “progressive capitalism.”

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  • May 30, 2019

    Punishing companies for wage theft is hard work

    A janitor does some cleaning at the Columbia Mall on July 24, 2017 in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.
    DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images

    Beer kegs get rolled in to the trade war. A U.K. tech company switches on its super-fast 5G network. Low-wage employers aren’t paying their workers what they’re due.

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  • May 30, 2019

    Superfast internet in your pocket

    Spectators hold up their smartphones at an event in Cardiff, United Kingdom. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

    The first 5G mobile network goes live in Britain. We take a look at Brazil’s flagging economy. Free trade gets a boost in Africa.

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