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Maria Hollenhorst

Producer

Maria Hollenhorst is based in Los Angeles, California. She produces content for Marketplace’s flagship broadcast including host interviews, economic explainers, and personal stories for the “Adventures in Housing” and “My Economy” series. Her work has been recognized by the Association for Business Journalists Best in Business Awards. When not making radio, she can be found hiking, skiing, jogging, roller-blading, or exploring this beautiful world. Originally from Salt Lake City, Utah, she wound her way into journalism after graduating from the University of Utah. She has a deep appreciation for trees.

Latest from Maria Hollenhorst

  • The weakening dollar
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    After reaching a two-year high in January, one measure of the U.S. currency’s value has tumbled. Plus: tariffs and GDP, restaurant productivity and new tech for blind sports fans.

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  • Could economic feelings become fact?
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    Employee confidence in the future of their workplace fell to a 9-year low. Plus, tariffs, prebiotic soda, grocery prices and potentially toxic wildfire debris.

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  • Remember tariff exclusions?
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    They were a big deal for businesses that imported specialty steel and aluminum goods back in 2018. Plus, stagflation and rising cocoa prices.

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  • Selling a “completely destroyed” home
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    A homeowner and real estate agent describe selling a house razed in the LA fires. Plus, federal cuts could hurt fragile rural health care providers.

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  • The contrarian jobs report
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    Employment dropped in February, but the number of jobs went up. Confused? We’ll explain.

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  • This isn’t the 2018 trade war
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    High inflation expectations complicate things for Jay Powell’s Fed. Plus, banks are stuck with depreciated bonds and job searchers should prepare to be “in it for the long haul.”

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  • “We were sequestered kind of out in the boonies,” said Mark Moore of Whisper Aero. “And I say that lovingly."
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    Onetime Uber executive Mark Moore based his company, Whisper Aero, in Tennessee and had the staff live together in a former lakeside resort.

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  • Uncertainty is a certainty
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    The softening labor market, falling Treasury yields and a fuzzy service sector can all point to the multiplying economic unknowns. Plus, entrepreneurship booms and a soybean farmer worries.

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  • Investors weigh factors like consumer confidence, retail sales performance and U.S. tariff policy when buying and selling U.S. Treasury bonds. 
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    What’s good for consumers looking for loans could be bad news for the economy.

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  • Tariff pain and retaliation
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    President Trump’s tariffs on Mexico and Canada are here. Plus, why chain drug stores are struggling to stay afloat.

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