The Indicator from Planet Money

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Episoder(300)

Nigeria notches new highs, Magic gathers millions, and crypto climbs

It's ... Indicators of the Week! Our weekly look at some of the most fascinating economic numbers from the news. On today's episode: Nigeria gets a GDP surprise, Magic the Gathering mutes tariff impac...

25 Jul 20259min

How to beach on a budget

It's the Beigie Awards, our eight times a year salute to the art and science of telling stories about the economy. The most recent Beige Book shows that Americans are finding ways to spend less money ...

24 Jul 20259min

When Uncle Sam owned banks and factories

The quintessential American economic myth is that the free market picks winners and losers. But the federal government has long had a role in this equation, from the current administration all the way...

23 Jul 20259min

Lunch with the man who coined TACO

Despite presidential saber rattling and huge tariff threats, the U.S. stock market keeps reaching record highs. Why?Today we sit down with the man who coined the acronym TACO (Trump Always Chickens Ou...

22 Jul 20258min