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Meredith Garretson Morbey

Supervisory Senior Producer

Meredith is a supervisory senior producer at Marketplace.

Latest from Meredith Garretson Morbey

  • Mar 8, 2021

    One step closer to a new COVID relief package

    One step closer to a new COVID relief package
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    How the COVID relief package passed by the Senate differs from the House’s bill. Plus, a closer look at how pandemic economic turmoil has affected women. And, what it means to create an inclusive workplace for trans workers.

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  • Mar 8, 2021

    Oil prices rise on reports of a drone attack in Saudi Arabia

    Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter, condemned what it called an attack on global energy security.
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    Saudi officials say there were no reports of injuries or damage, however. Plus, food-delivery giant Deliveroo chooses London for its stock market listing. And, how pandemic disruption is sparking a conversation about gender equality in our workplaces and at home.

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  • Mar 5, 2021

    Some of those huge Texas electricity bills were a mistake?

    The state needs to be prepared to prevent extreme cold from paralyzing the electric power system.
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    An independent monitor says there are billions of dollars in overcharges on Texas electricity bills as a result of the deadly outages in February. Plus, signs of energy in hiring for the U.S. economy. And, concerns about inflation and higher borrowing costs for mortgages and loans, and how those will really affect consumer spending.

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  • Mar 5, 2021

    Guess what’s back? China’s economic growth target.

    China was the only major economy to expand in 2020, though at its slowest pace in decades.
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    Beijing is now aiming for an expansion of at least 6% this year. It scrapped its 2020 target due to COVID disruption. Plus, Australia insulates itself from Italy’s vaccine export ban by preparing its domestic production lines. And, could Taiwan’s semiconductor manufacturers help with a shortage of chips for U.S. automakers?

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  • Mar 5, 2021

    Here’s what you need to know about SPACs

    Here’s what you need to know about SPACs
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    You know, special purpose acquisition companies: the way to take a company public and create a new stock that’s all the rage in 2021. Plus, a look at job postings along with the government’s hiring and unemployment report for February. And, words from Fed Chair Jerome Powell fail to calm recent market volatility.

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  • Mar 4, 2021

    Texans deal with exorbitant electricity bills

    High voltage transmission towers on Feb. 21 in Houston.
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    Sky-high electricity bills for utilities and individual customers alike as a result of the deadly power outage last month, and how Texas is dealing with them. Plus, a forecast for the February jobs report from the government due out tomorrow. And, critical pandemic oxygen shortages in a barely regulated market in Mexico.

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  • Mar 4, 2021

    Austria plans to develop COVID vaccines with Denmark and Israel

    Leaders from Austria, Denmark and Israel will discuss production of vaccines against new COVID variants.
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    Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz says the European Union’s medicines regulator is too slow at approving vaccines. Also, how will central banks grapple with rising inflation fears? And, a cargo port development in Sri Lanka sees stiff competition between India and China.

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  • Mar 4, 2021

    The status of new stimulus checks

    The status of new stimulus checks
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    President Joe Biden is apparently backing a compromise in the Senate that makes fewer people eligible for $1,400 dollar relief checks. Plus, just how high weekly unemployment claims have been throughout the pandemic. And, a push for the Biden administration to decriminalize sex work — an industry transformed by the pandemic — as part of its criminal justice reform.

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  • Mar 3, 2021

    The unmasking of Texas and Mississippi

    Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (right) issued an executive order lifting the state's mask mandate on Tuesday.
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    The governors of Texas and Mississippi are ending requirements to wear masks, given a drop in COVID cases. Plus, the latest reading on the employment picture in the U.S. And, monetary policy solutions for inequality that could come from the Fed.

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  • Mar 3, 2021

    Blaming the Fed

    Karen Petrou, author of "Engine of Inequality," laments that investors win and savers lose. "Every time the Fed steps into the market, the markets go up. The markets run by the Fed's clock," she says.
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    Karen Petrou, co-founder of of Federal Financial Analytics, is out with a new book that holds the Federal Reserve responsible, in part, for inequality in the U.S. Plus, Samsung is looking to build a chip factory in the U.S., at a price for local governments. And, what happens if letting carbon dioxide loose is no longer free?

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