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Justin is a reporter for Marketplace. He’s based in San Diego, California.
Justin focuses on small business, banking and supply chain news. He also hosts the Closing Bell edition of the “Marketplace Minute,” a daily news roundup, and has worked as the show producer of the “Marketplace Morning Report.” He started working at Marketplace in 2011.
Justin spends a lot of his downtime mountain biking, surf fishing and grappling with decision paralysis over which bike parts and fishing gear to buy next.
Latest Stories (700)
As U.S. interest rates rise, China's are headed in the opposite direction
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Justin Ho
May 20, 2022
Here in the U.S., the Fed is trying to cool an overactive economy. In China, the goal is to juice one that's flagging.
Retailers bulked up their inventories during the worst of the pandemic. Now they're stuck with them.
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Justin Ho
May 19, 2022
Big stores like Walmart and Target didn't foresee consumers pivoting away from shopping and toward going out.
How industrial standards help explain Russia's economic motives for invading Ukraine
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Justin Ho
May 17, 2022
International standards can be tools of globalization. They can also keep other countries locked within an economic orbit.
Government data seems to show inflation's slowing. But that doesn't mean prices will fall.
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Justin Ho
May 10, 2022
In some ways, falling prices would actually be bad news for the economy.
As consumer borrowing picks up, banks keep a wary eye on the possibility of more loan defaults
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Justin Ho
May 10, 2022
It isn't happening now, but that could change in the economy starts trending down.
Small businesses are having a hard time attracting and keeping workers
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Justin Ho
May 4, 2022
Because bigger businesses can offer more.
Rising interest rates likely to make companies think twice before borrowing
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Justin Ho
May 2, 2022
Many have been on a borrowing spree through the past two years of low rates.
Businesses grew their inventories more slowly in the first quarter. That dragged down GDP.
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Justin Ho
Apr 28, 2022
The downturn isn't surprising, considering inventories grew by a record amount the quarter before.
Banks are pushing more business loans. Some business owners aren’t sure they want them.
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Justin Ho
Apr 27, 2022
In the words of one business owner: "Why would I want to go into any type of expansion?"
Amid staffing challenges, some businesses look to invest in equipment
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Justin Ho
Apr 27, 2022
Many of the investments businesses make in their own operations will take time to actually pay off.