An oil boom, a property slump and dental deflation
The Indicator from Planet Money
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🗓️ 23 February 2024
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| 0:00.0 | NPR. This is the indicator from Planet Money. I'm Darym Woods here with Whelim Wong. |
| 0:15.8 | Hello, it's great to be back. It's been weeks, weeks since I've been on here. |
| 0:19.0 | Good to have you back. We also have Climate Desk correspondent from NPR, Nate Rot. |
| 0:24.0 | Oh, hey, it's been a while for me too and I'm happy to be here. |
| 0:27.0 | Yes, the team is back together where we gathered here today for a special edition of |
| 0:33.2 | indicators of the week. |
| 0:33.8 | And like we do every week, |
| 0:38.2 | we are bringing you three key snapshots |
| 0:40.7 | of what's happening in the global economy. Today we're looking at |
| 0:44.3 | sky-high profits enjoyed by oil and gas companies, the risk of all of this debt in |
| 0:50.2 | the commercial property sector, and the value of teeth. |
| 0:55.0 | My dentist at my time told me that I have my teeth of the consistency of cottage |
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