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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 (694)
It's official: We're in a recession
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Justin Ho
Jun 9, 2020
In the past, the National Bureau of Economic Research has watched an economic decline for longer before declaring a recession. But this is no ordinary contraction.
Did PPP loans spur the jobs recovery?
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Justin Ho
Jun 5, 2020
Businesses that received CARES Act loans had to rehire workers to have those loans forgiven. But what happens next for America's job market?
Overdraft fees are hitting vulnerable communities the hardest
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Justin Ho
Jun 4, 2020
The fees can drive many out of the banking system entirely, experts say.
Federal Reserve loan program targets mid-size businesses
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Justin Ho
Jun 3, 2020
The loans will be bigger than those from the Paycheck Protection Program — and they can't be forgiven.
Companies are borrowing like crazy, even though their incomes are down
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Justin Ho
May 28, 2020
For some, borrowing's a lifeline. For others, it's a bargain.
As Congress weighs easing PPP rules, small businesses like what they hear
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Justin Ho
May 27, 2020
Among the proposed changes: more time to spend and pay back the funds, fewer restrictions on how to use it
Eight weeks in, businesses face hard choices over PPP loans
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Justin Ho
May 22, 2020
The federal relief loans can be forgiven if businesses spend 75% on payroll within eight weeks. For some businesses, that's a problem.
Gas prices are low ahead of Memorial Day. But will people travel?
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Justin Ho
May 22, 2020
Travel could fall to record lows this holiday weekend, despite some of the cheapest gas in nearly two decades.
Citi plans to buy PPP loans from minority-owned lenders
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Justin Ho
May 21, 2020
The arrangement would allow minority-owned lenders to take PPP loans off of their balance sheets.
SBA says PPP loans are getting smaller in the second round of lending
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Justin Ho
May 20, 2020
Business advocates say that's a sign smaller businesses are finally getting the loans they applied for.