Babies v climate change; AI v IP; bonds v world

The Indicator from Planet Money

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🗓️ 27 June 2025

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It's ... Indicators of the Week! Our weekly look at some of the most fascinating economic numbers from the news.

On today's episode: Could more babies change the climate in a big way? Why did a U.S. judge side with AI company Anthropic? And why is the bond market so chill these days?

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0:00.0	NPR.
0:02.2	This is the indicator from planet Mare.
0:13.8	And I'm Adrienne Ma.
0:16.0	And connecting with the indicator crew this week is the very merry, merry childs.
0:22.0	I'm married to be here, folks.
0:23.8	And merrily, we all row into indicators of the week.
0:28.8	Woo!
0:29.8	That's right.
0:30.6	We have looked at interesting numbers in the news this week, and we are here to tell you all about them.
0:35.3	On today's episode, how bad are babies for climate change, really?
0:40.2	How to train your AIs on books and then get sued for it.
0:45.0	And I know you're going to be shocked to hear this, guys, but I'm here to talk about corporate bonds.
0:51.0	That bond queen.
0:52.6	Let's go.
0:53.3	Woo, woo, woo, woo.
0:54.3	After the break. Good bond queen. Let's go. Woo, woo, woo, woo. After the break.
0:57.5	Okay, indicators of the week, starting off Darien.
1:02.0	What you got?
1:02.8	My indicator is a heat-related indicator.
1:05.7	It's been very hot here in the northeast.
1:08.4	Don't know about where you guys are, but it is sweltering.
1:12.0	Tell me about it. It's got me thinking about climate change and how much I should blame
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