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What's the over under on the number of times I'm going to say economic data this week?

I'm going to set it at 15.

From American public media. this is Marketplace.

In Los Angeles, I'm Kyle Risdahl.

It is Monday.

Today, this one is the 13th day of July. It is always to have you along, everybody.

You know, there is a certain rhythm to economic data. The monthly jobs report comes out, with exceptions only for holidays, on the first Friday of the month.

Updates to gross domestic product come out like a metronome, more and more specific about economic growth each time. And as surely as day follows night, the consumer

price index, which will be upon us tomorrow, is followed by the producer price index.

Consumer prices are pretty straightforward, right? Prices for consumers. The PPI, though,

is more complex. Inflation at the wholesale

level, yes, but it measures prices that businesses are charging all buyers, businesses, and

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