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Victoria Craig

Victoria Craig is the former 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 U.K. in 2017, she covered Wall Street,  reporting for five years on U.S. 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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  • Many people who need hearing aids don't have them because of the high cost — about $5,000, which insurance often doesn't cover.
    Joe Raedle/Getty Images

    Later this year, it’ll be possible to acquire hearing aids without a prescription. We attempt to read the tea leaves on retail data and consumer behavior. The BBC reports on how Cuba will allow foreign investment in local wholesale and retail trade for the first time since 1959.

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  • People ride their electric bicycles along a street in Beijing.
    Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty Images

    From the BBC World Service: Residential areas in China’s southwestern Sichuan province have been told to limit the amount of electricity they’re using. Plus, Cuba will allow foreign investment in local wholesale and retail trade for the first time since the 1959 Communist revolution. And, what price pressures mean for families and businesses in Peru and Nigeria.

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  • Poverty, acute hunger, and inflation have soared since the Taliban took power in Afghanistan in August 2021. The nation's former central bank governor says until the Taliban makes changes to policies the international community opposes, the economy will remain at a standstill.
    Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP via Getty Images

    About $7 billion in Afghan Central Bank assets remain frozen in the U.S. Could those funds be used to relieve the country’s humanitarian crisis?

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  • Historic drought has brought water levels down to record lows on the Colorado River, seen here on March 28.
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    First, we take the economy’s pulse with the help of MetLife’s Drew Matus. States that rely on the Colorado River are struggling with the logistics of conservation as a government deadline has come and gone. China correspondent Jennifer Pak discusses the job environment for the nation’s young people.

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  • Americans continue to spend on drugs at an increasing rate. 
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    The soon-to-be signed Inflation Reduction Act includes a variety of health care provisions, including allowing Medicare to negotiate over prescription drug prices. There appear to be questions on a vaccine plan against COVID variants. We check in with the BBC’s Victoria Craig regarding her chat with the former governor of the Afghan Central Bank.

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  • William Ruto's victory in Kenya's presidential election has been welcomed internationally despite a major disagreement over the result.
    Simon MAINA / AFP

    From the BBC World Service: William Ruto wants to unite his country after a narrow election victory. More than half the election commission’s members have rejected the outcome and the result could be subject to a legal challenge. Plus, a year on from the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, we hear from the former central bank governor Ajmal Ahmady about the status of $7 billion in central bank assets, which are frozen in the U.S. 

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  • Oil storage tanks in Carson, California. The use of fossil fuels dropped during the lockdown, and supplies piled up.
    Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

    Gas prices have dropped, but that hasn’t led to the big bump in consumer sentiment some might have expected. We check in on the minutes from the Fed’s July policy meeting. The BBC checks in on Afghanistan one year after the Taliban’s seizing of control. It appears colleges still have a long way to go when it comes to dealing with small businesses owned by people of color.

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  • The U.S. Capitol building in Washington. Congress is discussing what to do about the federal debt limit, again.
    Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

    First, we peek ahead to some big retail data coming out this week. The People’s Bank of China makes a surprising move. Felicia Wong of the Roosevelt Institute discusses what could be next for the Democrats following a number of agenda victories.

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  • The People's Bank of China cut its benchmark interest rate by one tenth of a percentage point to 2.75%.
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    From the BBC World Service: The People’s Bank of China cut its benchmark interest rate for the second time this year, in a surprise move after data showed slower than expected economic growth in July. Plus, South Korea promises aid to North Korea if the country stops developing nuclear weapons. And, a year after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, many women and girls are still excluded from work and formal education.

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  • The Greek government is trying to attract tourists to lesser-known islands that may lack spectacular features. In some cases, the locals have mixed feelings.
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    With its sunshine and turquoise waters, Greece draws travelers worldwide. Now the government is promoting lesser-known islands.

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