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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

  • Buying a home is a bleak quest right now
    Joe Raedle/Getty Images

    Monthly mortgage payments grew tremendously in 2022. When will it get easier to be a homebuyer? Plus, how Greece bounced back from its economic crisis.

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  • Oct 4, 2023

    Movin’ out

    Movin’ out
    Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

    Many young Americans who want to, can’t. We’ll hear from a few about the tough market and steep costs keeping them from flying the coop. Plus, energy-efficient LED bulbs and an app that can forecast the surf.

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  • A high T-note yield could affect your wallet
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    It’s a benchmark for many other loans, so rates on mortgages and car purchases rise too. Plus, more goods are going into warehouses and we examine a strange corner of YouTube.

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  • Millions owe student loan payments, again
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    Could the restart of payments stifle our economy? Experts weigh in. Plus, economic confidence is low in China, and strip malls are where small businesses thrive in Houston.

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  • Plunging U.S. crop exports, explained
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    U.S. food exports are down a whopping 20% compared to last year. We’ll get into the weeds of why and who’s feeling the drop.

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  • $2 trillion in savings, spent
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    Americans have been spending up a storm and may have burned through their pandemic savings. Plus, why economists measure and remeasure the GDP.

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  • Measuring the economy requires continually revising data as more data becomes available.
    Stephane de Sakutin/AFP via Getty Images

    The keepers of GDP continually update their calculations as more information becomes available.

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  • Feeling the oil-flation?
    Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

    When oil prices go up, we don’t just feel it at the gas pump — other sectors are impacted too. Plus, why mainstream furniture has a short life span.

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  • Housing market role play
    Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

    Between all-time-high home prices and climbing mortgage rates, what’s it like to buy a home right now? Two reporters and some experts hash it out. Plus, debt poetry and the cost of slowing climate change.

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  • The business of getting offices back in business
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    Some workers have forgotten in-person work etiquette — or never learned it in the first place. Manners professionals are easing the transition. Plus, how do we accurately describe a government shutdown?

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