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Victoria Craig

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Victoria Craig is the host of Marketplace Morning Report’s global edition produced by the BBC World Service in London. She graduated from the University of Missouri (go Tigers!) with a degree in broadcast journalism. Before moving to the UK in 2017, she covered Wall Street,  reporting for five years on US stocks and the economy from New York City. When she’s not in front of the microphone, you can find Victoria baking or curling up with a good book at home, hiking in the English countryside, or travelling through her new European playground.

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Marketplace Morning Report

EU accuses China of "illegal" trade blocks on Lithuania

Jan 27, 2022
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Lebanon's power crisis: What would you do with just four hours of power?

Jan 26, 2022
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What drove a wild 24 hours on the markets?

Jan 25, 2022
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Could Italy's presidential election cause economic turbulence?

Jan 24, 2022
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Global energy giants plan their exit from Myanmar over human rights worries

Jan 21, 2022
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Calls for compensation after Tonga's volcanic eruption sparks oil spill in Peru

Jan 20, 2022
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Ukrainian defense minister calls for economic sanctions against Russia now

Jan 19, 2022
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Global oil prices hit their highest level in more than seven years

Jan 18, 2022
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China says its economy has faced a triple whammy of pandemic pressures

Jan 17, 2022
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Ukraine's government is hit with a major cyberattack

Jan 14, 2022
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What does 20% inflation feel like in Turkey?

by Victoria Craig
Dec 21, 2021
A package of eggs recently jumped 60% in a week at one grocery store. Many economists fault the Erdoğan government's policies.
Turkey's economic woes are driving many young people to look abroad for opportunity, which could lead to a damaging brain drain.
BBC/Stephen Ryan
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The super-fast delivery market is booming

by Victoria Craig
Nov 26, 2021
Rather than waiting a day or two for an online order, ultra-fast delivery apps are promising orders can be delivered in as little as 10 minutes.
Getir employees prepare online grocery orders for delivery at a store warehouse in Istanbul in October 2021.
Chris McGrath via Getty Images
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How big a problem is rising inflation in the United Kingdom?

by Victoria Craig
Nov 3, 2021
For Alfred G Pearce, the biggest veggie producer in the U.K., signs of inflation are everywhere.
Everyday shoppers in the U.K. paid prices in September that were 3.1% higher than they were a year ago.
Matt Cardy/Getty Images
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Defunct devices now a treasure trove of precious metals for Britain's Royal Mint

by Victoria Craig
Oct 21, 2021
The Royal Mint is using new technology to extract precious metals from defunct devices.
Blank coins that have been produced at the Royal Mint are sorted before being sent to be stamped in the coin press on Aug. 1, 2014 in Llantrisant, Wales.
Matt Cardy/Getty Images
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Inside CureVac's odyssey to produce a COVID-19 vaccine

by Victoria Craig
Oct 1, 2021
CureVac finds itself playing catch-up with other companies in producing a COVID vaccine, but the company refuses to give up.
General view outside the company of German vaccine maker CureVac on September 1, 2020 in Tubingen, Germany.
Christian Kaspar-Bartke/Getty Images
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How Germany's Ahr region found a way to sell wine after a devastating flood

by Victoria Craig
Sep 28, 2021
Vineyards in the Ahr Valley were destroyed by the summer floods, but that opened up a unique business opportunity for the area. Meet FlutWein.
Peter Kriechel and Daniel Kollar (in shorts) are the founders of FlutWein, which has been successful selling wine from the flood-ravaged Ahr wine region.
Victoria Craig / BBC
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Post-election, infrastructure question looms over Germany's flood-damaged regions

by Victoria Craig
Sep 27, 2021
The town of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler illustrates many of the climate change and infrastructure issues that have been part of the election's talking points.
A man rides his bicycle on streets destroyed by the flood in Bad Neuenahr, western Germany on August 25, 2021, weeks after heavy rain and floods caused major damage in the Ahr region.
INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images
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Balancing culture and economic prosperity: Liverpool's Baltic Triangle tries to do both

by Victoria Craig
Aug 24, 2021
Liam Kelly, chairman of Make, an organization that provides support and resources to businesses in the area, on urban regeneration and the preservation of heritage.
A mural painted on the wall of a building in the Liverpool's Baltic Triangle district. Located just outside the now former World Heritage site, could it be a model for how the city balances history with economic vibrancy?
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Economics and history collide as UNESCO revokes Liverpool's World Heritage status

by Victoria Craig and Stephen Ryan
Aug 23, 2021
Fewer than two decades after it was awarded, UNESCO revoked Liverpool's World Heritage designation. Now, city officials and economists look to find ways to preserve history while striving for economic prosperity.
UNESCO revoked its World Heritage designation for six sites on Liverpool's waterfront. Now, city officials look to the future as they try to balance protecting the past with fostering economic prosperity.
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Head of Afghan central bank warns of further economic collapse under Taliban

by Victoria Craig
Aug 18, 2021
Ajmal Ahmady, whose dramatic exit from the country was described in viral tweets, says inflation and poverty will likely rise.
Neat piles of Afghan currency are shown at the central bank in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2002.
Chris Hondros via Getty Images
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