Jeremy Hobson

Former Host, Marketplace Morning Report

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Jeremy Hobson is the former host of  Marketplace Morning Report.

Hobson started at Marketplace in 2007 as a reporter based in Washington, D.C.  He later covered Wall Street and its impact on ordinary Americans for Marketplace, based in the New York City bureau. He started reporting from New York one week before Lehman Brothers collapsed in 2008.  Hobson hosted Marketplace Morning Report from 2011 through 2013.

Before joining Marketplace, Hobson frequently found himself in the right place at the right time when it came to big stories: He was calling Florida precincts for NPR’s 2000 election coverage, he was working for Boston’s WBUR during the Boston Catholic Church Sex Abuse scandal, and he was an intern for NPR’s Guy Raz in Turkey at the start of the Iraq War. In addition to those roles, Hobson has worked as producer for NPR’s All Things Considered, Day to Day and Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! He has also worked as a host and reporter for public radio stations WILL Urbana, WCAI Cape Cod and WRNI Providence.

Hobson’s radio career began in earnest at the age of nine when he started contributing to a program called Treehouse Radio.  Hobson is a graduate of Boston University and the University of Illinois Laboratory High School. He lives in New York and enjoys hiking, traveling and extremely spicy foods.

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Will tax preparers stay in high demand?

Mar 6, 2009
Almost 60 percent of Americans use a professional for their tax needs. But as people simplify their financial portfolios and the popularity of online tax preparation grows, will tax professionals still be in demand? Jeremy Hobson reports.

How much for a piece of Gandhi?

Mar 5, 2009
Though not one for the way of material things, the few possessions Mahatma Gandhi left behind are being auctioned off today in New York. This has drawn strong protest from India. Jeremy Hobson reports.

Has the market bottomed out yet?

Mar 3, 2009
Investors are looking for signs of life in the market as the Dow continues to fall. Has the market finally hit the bottom so it can rebound? Jeremy Hobson reports.

U.S. may take a large stake in Citigroup

Feb 26, 2009
The government has already spent $45 billion to prop up Citigroup. Now the U.S. may take a nearly 40% stake in the troubled financial giant. Jeremy Hobson reports.

Banks learning to restrain themselves

Feb 25, 2009
TARP recipient Northern Trust is feeling the heat from Congress for spending lavishly on a golf tournament. As Jeremy Hobson reports, it's just the latest example of the financial industry figuring out what's OK and what's not.

Markets aren't always good forecasters

Feb 24, 2009
Many people look at the major stock market indices as leading economic indicators. But as Jeremy Hobson reports, the volatile stock markets aren't always indicative of what's going on in the economy.

Why NYC won't revisit its lost decade

Feb 24, 2009
The recession of the 1970's hit New York City hard with rampant crime and a mass residential exodus. But today, the city is in a much better position to keep from a similar downward spiral. Jeremy Hobson reports.

Stimulus has a plan for housing market

Feb 13, 2009
The House could vote as early as today on that economic stimulus bill, and news of a plan to stop people from falling behind on their mortgages excited investors. Jeremy Hobson reports how the bill could help homeowners.

Toyota scaling back on U.S. production

Feb 13, 2009
Toyota is offering buyouts to some 18,000 workers and shortening its work week by eight hours at some plants in efforts to cut back U.S. production. Jeremy Hobson reports the automaker is doing everything possible not to lay off workers.

Stimulus plans to create, save jobs

Feb 12, 2009
After negotiations yesterday on the stimulus bill, lawmakers plan to try and create or save up to 3.5 million jobs. Construction and government jobs will be the first on the list. Jeremy Hobson reports others may have to wait.