Can Europe stand without the US?
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Category: The Indicator from Planet Money
How’s … everybody doing?
Enlarge this image Indicator host Darian Woods. (Angel Carreras / NPR) Angel Carreras/NPR hide caption toggle caption Angel Carreras/NPR Indicator host Darian Woods. (Angel Carreras…
How specialization can lead to burn-out
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A new-ish gold rush and other indicators
Enlarge this image Spencer Platt/Getty Images Spencer Platt/Getty Images It’s Indicators of the Week! Our weekly look at interesting numbers from the news. On today’s…
What’s this about a crypto reserve?
Enlarge this image Leung Man Hei/Bloomberg via Getty Images Leung Man Hei/Bloomberg via Getty Images In 2009, Bitcoin launched as the first cryptocurrency. Just under…
Why there’s no referee for the trade war
Enlarge this image Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images Thirty years ago, the U.S. helped create the World Trade Organization, a…
What might save China’s economy
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Why is the federal government still killing coyotes?
Enlarge this image Erica Baradat/AFP via Getty Images Erica Baradat/AFP via Getty Images The federal government spends millions of dollars each year on wildlife damage…
Southwest surprises, tariff guac shock, and fraud flourishes
Enlarge this image Mario Tama/Getty Images Mario Tama/Getty Images It’s Indicators of the Week! Our weekly look at interesting numbers from the news. On today’s…
How many times can you say uncertainty in one economic report?
Enlarge this image Scott Olson/Getty Images Scott Olson/Getty Images Uncertainty. That’s the word-of-the-moment with tariffs, market swings and lots of economic volatility. It’s also showing…