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The Indicator from Planet Money

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🗓️ 1 July 2022

⏱️ 9 minutes

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After the G7 talks, we're turning our attention back to Russia. But in typical The Indicator fashion, we're zooming in on three global commodities affected by the ongoing war: gold, oil, and wheat.

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0:00.0	Planet Money and the Indicator are looking for our intern for fall through winter.
0:04.6	Come work with us, we would love to have you, and it's paid.
0:07.9	Go to mpr.org slash internships to apply.
0:11.1	That's npr.org slash internships.
0:14.2	The deadline is Sunday, July 10th.
0:16.5	NPR.
0:19.5	This is the Indicator from Planet Money, I'm Darian Woods, here with Whalon Wong and...
0:33.3	Paddy Hush.
0:34.3	Hooray!
0:35.3	It's good to have you.
0:36.3	Joining you for Indicators of the Week for the very first time.
0:39.4	We are graced by your presence.
0:41.3	I really appreciate you having me.
0:42.8	It's a pleasure to be here.
0:43.8	Thank you.
0:44.8	Anyway, today we're going to be talking about Russia.
0:46.8	This economy is doing better than expected, 128 days, since the latest invasion of Ukraine.
0:51.5	We're going to look at three commodities that are hugely important for Russia and the
0:55.2	global economy.
0:56.4	We've got gold, oil, and wheat.
0:59.2	And you know, we've talked on the Indicator about how the economic sanctions imposed by
1:02.8	the West are not doing a very good job of forcing Russia to get out of Ukraine.
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