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Kelly Silvera

Executive Producer

Kelly is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years of international experience. She’s traveled all over the world leading news coverage of history-making events. Her video-first reporting of global news stories including the Arab Spring has been recognized by the Emmys, George Foster Peabody, United Nations, New York Film Festivals and Britain’s Royal Television Society, among others. Kelly’s work gives the audience access to a range of perspectives while empowering people to tell their own stories. Throughout her career she has elevated underrepresented voices both in media coverage and the workplace. Kelly began her career at BBC London radio while studying journalism at University of the Arts London. Her extraordinary talent is running very fast in heels.

Latest from Kelly Silvera

  • First Republic becomes the second biggest bank to fail in U.S. history
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    From the BBC World Service: Overnight, First Republic Bank was taken under the stewardship of regulators, who then immediately sold it on to JPMorgan Chase, making it the second biggest bank in American history to fail. Banking analyst Frances Coppola talks us through the ramifications. Plus the BBC Business Editor in India, Arunoday Mukharji, reports on India becoming the world’s most populous country.

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  • The economic crystal ball foresees another Fed rate hike
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    The latest measure of the Federal Reserve’s preferred gauge of inflation is out today, and it showed a considerable tapering in rising prices. But according to FHN Financial Chief Economist Christopher Low, the economic tea leaves are still saying that America’s central bank will likely hike rates again when its top interest rate-setting committee meets next month. Plus, we chat with Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-chief of The Economist, about the news magazine’s recent edition highlighting the U.S. economy’s surprising long-term overperformance. And, what the latest rounds of layoffs at Gap Inc. say about the retail sector. 

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  • The case for stepping back when talking about the economy
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    Talking about the economy nowadays is a miserable affair — inflation, inequality, and other topics dominate an increasingly negative discussion. But over the longer term, the U.S. economy has actually outperformed when compared to nearly every other advanced economy, a recent issue of The Economist magazine finds. Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-chief of The Economist, lays out the case for looking at the bigger picture. And, we spoke to E.J. Schultz, editor at the publication Ad Age, about the ongoing turmoil at beer maker Bud Lite about the recent sacking of two executives after the company’s campaign with a transgender influencer. 

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  • Could the North Sea become a green energy hub?
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    From the BBC World Service: With a desperate need to stop relying on Russian energy, there are plans to make the North Sea ‘Europe’s biggest green power plant’. We speak with Maurice Berns, head of the Boston Consulting Group Center for Energy Impact, about the idea. Plus, Brazil will continue to farm according to its own regulations, despite European Union laws banning the import of products linked to deforestation. And, rising sugar and cocoa prices are bringing a sour note to the confectionery industry.

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  • The economy is slowing, but inflation’s sticking around
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    Monetary policymakers’ fight against inflation has centered around hiking interest rates to cool off the economy, and today’s economic data shows just that — GDP growth slowed considerably last quarter. But core inflation, a measure of price rises among goods that aren’t as volatile, rose at the same time. We ask KPMG chief economist Diane Swonk what that means for the Fed’s inflation fight going forward. Plus, new studies show that popular melatonin gummies contained amounts of the hormone that differed significantly from what had been advertised. And, a look at Texas’s recent push to eliminate sales tax period products like tampons and pads. 

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  • Are big banks following through on their climate pledges?
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    Big banks across the financial sector — including giants like JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, and Bank of America — have made green pledges to reduce their contributions to climate change. But as a pair of new reports point out, the firms’ progress toward those goals has been slow even amid a period of high profitability. We look at why that’s been the case. Plus, the embattled First Republic Bank, one of the mid-sized financial institutions caught in the backblast of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, is in fresh trouble after its stock tanked this week. And, oil tankers are becoming more and more expensive for companies to hire because of Russia’s war in Ukraine. 

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  • Microsoft’s Activision play is far from a done deal  after UK snub
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    From the BBC World Service: Microsoft’s president Brad Smith has been left fuming after the UK’s anti-trust regulator blocked the planned $70 billion merger with gaming giant Activision Blizzard.  He told the BBC he’s disappointed with the UK approach and now sees the European Union as a better place for business investment. Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority is one of three key regulators considering the deal along with those in the U.S. and the EU. Plus, Deutsche Bank has allayed concerns over its health with a set of strong results, but First Republic has hit new lows. And, how the humble homemade sandwich is not immune to inflation.Plus, Deutsche Bank has allayed concerns over its health with a set of strong results, but First Republic has hit new lows. And, how the humble homemade sandwich is not immune to inflation.

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  • Google sends mixed signals amid ad revenue slump
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    Google’s parent company, Alphabet, reported higher-than-expected profits yesterday, leading to a big stock buyback being authorized by CEO Sundar Pichai. However, that’s a seemingly contradictory move to the extreme cost-cutting measures the company announced this year in response to a slowdown in ad revenue, including layoffs of over 12,000 employees. Plus, a look at how the airline industry is doing amid widespread delays and flight cancellations. And, why fire insurance is increasingly hard to come by for companies that conduct controlled burns to prevent wildfires. 

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  • Turmoil at Fox News could — somehow — bring advertisers back
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    The chaos at Fox News in recent weeks amid the sacking of Tucker Carlson and the Dominion legal settlement has cast a spotlight on the network, which would normally be unwanted. But the chaos may actually end up bringing advertisers who had previously fled when Tucker took over primetime. And, we talk about the musings of the U.S. dollar’s decline with Council on Foreign Relations expert Zongyuan Zoe Liu.

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  • Volvo CEO: Europe needs to hit the gas on green subsidies
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    From the BBC World Service:  The head of carmaker Volvo joins the Marketplace Morning Report and tells us Europe needs to work harder to implement green subsidies to counter the impact of the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act. Plus, British American Tobacco has been handed a $635 million fine for selling cigarette materials to North Korea. And, we finish by heading to Portugal, which has become the unlikely European capital for bicycle manufacturing.

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