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Erika Soderstrom

"Marketplace Morning Report" Associate Producer

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Erika works with a group of extraordinary producers to chase business and economic stories heard on “Marketplace Morning Report.”

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COVID-19

Even with the payroll tax cut from Trump's executive action, companies might continue withholding

by David Brancaccio , Meredith Garretson , Erika Soderstrom and Alex Schroeder
Aug 10, 2020
There's a lot of ambiguity to employers as to whether they're even allowed to reduce the withholding.
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How much money are supply chain disruptions costing companies?

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Meredith Garretson , Erika Soderstrom and Alex Schroeder
Aug 6, 2020
Cyberattacks, trade disputes, the coronavirus, natural disasters — it is exceedingly difficult to manage a complex web of business relationships
To make supply chains more resilient, companies can digitize them, hold more inventory and simplify product designs, says Susan Lund of McKinsey. Pictured: Items being transferred at an automated logistics center in Shandong in China's eastern Qingdao province.
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COVID-19

With fewer people on health insurance, health care jobs could be in jeopardy, report says

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Rose Conlon , Erika Soderstrom and Alex Schroeder
Aug 4, 2020
The employer-provided health insurance losses projected to come could cost the U.S. economy another 1.5 million to 2.5 million jobs.
In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, reduced revenue to health care providers made up 29% of the historic second-quarter GDP decline.
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COVID-19

Sustainable investing is actually up during the pandemic recession

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Chris Farrell , Meredith Garretson and Erika Soderstrom
Aug 3, 2020
Activists were worried investors would abandon investing based on social and environmental goals.
Investors have not only stuck with, but have actually embraced, funds with high sustainability and environmental ratings.
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Are the Big Tech companies breaking antitrust rules? Their CEOs testify before Congress.

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Rose Conlon , Erika Soderstrom and Alex Schroeder
Jul 29, 2020
Members of Congress believe that these companies are abusing their power. But have they done anything illegal?
This composite photo shows, from left to right, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai and Apple CEO Tim Cook.
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Ant Group is taking its IPO to Hong Kong and Shanghai. Why is it skipping New York?

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Erika Soderstrom and Alex Schroeder
Jul 23, 2020
And is it a sign of things to come for relations between the U.S. and Chinese economies?
The financial technology company based in China will be going public in what could be one of the biggest IPOs in history.
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COVID-19

Oil-rich countries have been hit hard by the pandemic. How can they move on?

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Erika Soderstrom and Alex Schroeder
Jul 22, 2020
Oil prices are still far below the break-even point for many producers in the Middle East.
Transitioning away from oil, for countries that depend on the industry, is easier said than done.
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Prices for U.S. consumers are up where it matters most

by David Brancaccio , Erika Soderstrom and Alex Schroeder
Jul 14, 2020
For things like groceries and gasoline, prices are actually up.
Inflation isn't entirely dead. Where it matters most, in the cost of food and the cost of energy, prices are going up.
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Reimagining the Economy

What if COVID-19 checks were a regular occurrence?

by David Brancaccio , Erika Soderstrom and Alex Schroeder
Jun 24, 2020
"You just get a much bigger fiscal bang for the buck," says Mark Blyth, the economics professor and author of "Angrynomics."
"We're managing to do it right now in the COVID pandemic. We send people checks," Blyth says. "Imagine if those checks were endowment checks."
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Race and Economy

Tech companies reconsider facial recognition software

by David Brancaccio , Erika Soderstrom , Rose Conlon and Alex Schroeder
Jun 11, 2020
IBM says it will no longer sell or research facial recognition software, and Amazon announced a moratorium on police use of its software.
With IBM getting out of facial recognition technology altogether and Amazon pausing the use of its software by police departments, how will Microsoft act?
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