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The Indicator from Planet Money

The Indicator from Planet Money


The Indicator from Planet Money

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Length:
397 episodes
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

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A little show about big ideas. From the people who make Planet Money, The Indicator helps you make sense of what's happening today. It's a quick hit of insight into work, business, the economy, and everything else. Listen weekday afternoons.
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

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Indicators to watch in 2022

It's a new year so that means it's time to choose our indicators to watch! Listen to fi...

9 minutes
Jan 21, 2022

How a bank messaging system could decimate Russia

Russia has the United States and its allies worried about a potential invasion of Ukrai...

9 minutes
Jan 20, 2022

Even you can buy a house with cash

In this frenzied housing market, offering cash gives you a huge advantage. It used to b...

9 minutes
Jan 19, 2022

Metabucks: Microsoft offers $69 billion to buy Activision Blizzard

Microsoft just announced its intention to buy video game developer, Activision Blizzard...

9 minutes
Jan 18, 2022

TikTok made me buy it

TikTok has become one of the most popular social media platforms in the world, and incr...

9 minutes
Jan 14, 2022

What nails can tell us about the economy

Despite being fairly simple items, nails can actually reveal a lot about the greater ec...

9 minutes
Jan 13, 2022

The beef over price controls

Inflation reached a 40-year high today of 7%! There's been a storm of debate about an o...

9 minutes
Jan 12, 2022

Why are McDonald's ice cream machines always broken?

McDonald's is notorious for frequent malfunctions of its ice cream machine. What's behi...

9 minutes
Jan 11, 2022

Inland port priority

Disruptive backlogs at west coast ports in the U.S. have caused some shippers to get cr...

9 minutes
Jan 10, 2022

Why full employment doesn't mean everyone has a job

Unemployment is at 3.9%. Is this full employment? Some Americans aren't so sure. We loo...

9 minutes
Jan 07, 2022

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