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Meredith Garretson Morbey

Supervisory Senior Producer

Meredith is a supervisory senior producer at Marketplace.

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  • Screens show drops in stock prices on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on February 27, 2020 in New York City.
    Scott Heins/Getty Images

    A global recession on the horizon? An official reading on consumer spending. The worst day for the Dow since February 2018.

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  • Vietnam Airlines staff wear protective suits as they disinfect a plane at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi.
    AFP/Vietnam Airlines

    COVID-19 coronavirus weighs heavily on global markets. Airlines and hotels hit hard as cancellations mount. The important difference between points and percentages in the stock markets.

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  • Bank of America has cut its global growth forecast for 2020 to 2.8%, which would be the lowest reading since 2009.
    Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP via Getty Images

    Can economic policymakers compensate for this virus? Housing shortages move to the heartland. Contrary to Keynes’ prediction, the American workweek is still really long.

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  • A man walks  in front of the New York Stock Exchange in the early hours of the morning.
    Spencer Platt/Getty Images

    Europe’s markets down hard over the ebbing and flowing of concern around COVID-19. The rural areas in America seeing a business boost. Why the American workweek is not shrinking.

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  • Markets continue to feel COVID-19 chill

    Global markets still feeling coronavirus fears. Northern Italian towns remain on lockdown. South Korea keeps interest rates on hold, despite coronavirus spread and a weakened economy.

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  • FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA - MAY 23:  People gather together to ask  the McDonald’s corporation to raise workers wages to a $15 minimum wage as well as demanding the right to a union on May 23, 2019 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.  The nation wide protest at McDonald’s was held on the day of the company’s shareholder meeting.
    Joe Raedle/Getty Images

    Uncertainty over how COVID-19 will affect near-term bottom lines. National Labor Relations Board plans to make it harder for certain workers to unionize. The $24-billion industry of secondhand clothing.

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  • Amid developing news on COVID-19, U.S. consumer confidence has fallen back to its level at the start of 2020.
    Spencer Platt/Getty Images

    U.S. consumers primarily view the coronavirus as a risk to global economic growth. Companies in the travel business are managing the fallout from COVID-19. Some financial innovation geared toward retirement plans.

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  • A pedestrian walks past a display showing information of global stock markets outside a securities office in Tokyo, Japan, 26 February 2020.

    Global markets down again on fears of coronavirus spread. Hong Kong dishes out cash to its residents. South Africans brace for a crucial budget. Why European banks keep losing chief executives.

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  • There are at least 18 companies hard at work looking for something to knock down or vaccinate against COVID-19.
    Jeff Pachoud/AFP via Getty Images

    The 10-year Treasury yield briefly falls below its record closing level. HHS Secretary Alex Azar appears at four congressional hearings this week. The race is on for a COVID-19 vaccine.

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  • Traders work during the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on February 24, 2020 at Wall Street in New York City.
    Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images

    U.S. stock index futures steady after Monday meltdown. The consequences of campaign fundraising. A window into the world of car insurance pricing.

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