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Meredith Garretson Morbey

Supervisory Senior Producer

Meredith is a supervisory senior producer at Marketplace.

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  • May 7, 2020

    Helping the class of 2020 find jobs

    One liberal arts college in the Northeast is pledging to find a job for every one of its 2020 graduates.
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    Graduating from college during a pandemic can be a career nightmare. One college wants to give its class of 2020 a leg up. Filings for state unemployment benefits have been soaring, but that number misses many people. And, listener stories from Econ Extra Credit.

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  • May 7, 2020

    Britain’s sharpest downturn since 1706

    The U.K. economy is on course to shrink 14% this year.
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    The Bank of England warns of a deep recession, though a quick recovery in 2021. Panic after gas leaks from a chemical plant in India. New Zealand’s winter tourism market suffers from a ban on most foreign visitors.

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  • May 6, 2020

    The month the labor force stood still

    ADP says its payroll data for April shows the worst job loss numbers ever.
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    There were 20.2 million fewer people on American payrolls in April. Uber and Lyft are reporting first quarter earnings, and ridership is way down. With COVID-19, the role of big meat producers is changing in the supply chain.

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  • May 6, 2020

    Tracking jobs (and joblessness) amid COVID-19

    The U.S. is waiting to see if joblessness has hit Great Depression levels.
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    Awaiting the numbers on layoffs, hiring and unemployment. Tourism revenue in China was down 60% during the recent holiday. A forecast that half of all department stores located in U.S. shopping malls will close by the end of 2021.

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  • May 6, 2020

    Europe’s economy screeches to a halt

    Data showed the eurozone business activity plunged to a record low in April as economies closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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    Business activity in the eurozone plummeted to its lowest level ever in April. Why have the European Central Bank and Germany’s courts clashed over bond buying? Rethinking aviation’s business model.

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  • May 5, 2020

    Even before COVID-19, many had economic anxiety

    Economic anxiety is up across most income groups, except for those with low incomes, who were already anxious.
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    Lower income people were already very anxious well before COVID-19. The price of crude oil has been on a two-day roll. Airlines focus on frequent flyers. The Treasury Department says it will borrow $3 trillion in three months.

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  • May 5, 2020

    The data on economic anxiety

    Nearly a third of us say our financial situation is causing us to lose sleep.
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    The findings of our new Marketplace-Edison Research Poll, a national scientific survey out today. It’s the highest jump we’ve seen in our Economic Anxiety Index®. Plus, an Iranian airline flouted flight restrictions on China, likely contributing to the spread of COVID-19.

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  • May 5, 2020

    UK tests contact tracing as government mulls loosening lockdown

    The U.K. is testing a contact-tracing app as the government weighs how to lift the country's lockdown measures.
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    Britain trials a new contact-tracing app as it prepares to loosen lockdown restrictions. India exporters feel the COVID-19 pinch. Has the global pandemic reshaped the agenda for U.S.-U.K. trade talks?

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  • May 4, 2020

    Who benefits if payroll tax is cut?

    A payroll tax could prove popular, but it would cut into the social security system.
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    President Trump said any new economic stimulus would have to include a cut in payroll tax. Credit cards adapt to the COVID-19 economy. When Warren Buffett talks, investors listen. How TV and movies are filmed during lockdown.

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  • May 4, 2020

    Major retail bankruptcies begin

    J. Crew is the first major retailer to file for bankruptcy protection in the COVID-19 era.
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    J. Crew has entered bankruptcy protection, the first major retail chain to do so during the COVID-19 era. A global summit aiming to raise more than $7 billion for vaccines and treatments. The 57 million people with jobs labeled “vulnerable.”

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