Davos drama, credit card caps and tariff truths
The Indicator from Planet Money
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🗓️ 23 January 2026
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
On today’s episode: Why does Davos feel interesting this year? What if we did cap credit card interest rates? And we’re paying most of those tariffs, aren’t we?
Also, big news! Planet Money wrote a book and we’re going on tour this spring. Find tickets and info at planetmoneybook.com.
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| 0:00.0 | Big news. We're going on tour. Tickets are available now at planetmoneybook.com. |
| 0:05.7 | Our first ever book comes out in April, and we're so excited to share it with you. |
| 0:10.4 | We are hitting the road about 12 cities starting Monday, April 6th in New York. |
| 0:15.5 | And if you buy tickets to these book events, you will get a limited edition tote bag while supplies last. We'll sign your book, |
| 0:22.2 | all that jazz. Planet Moneybook.com. Check out the show notes for tour and ticket info. |
| 0:29.2 | NPR. |
| 0:41.2 | This is the indicator from Planet Money. |
| 0:42.2 | I'm Daryam Woods. |
| 0:49.6 | I'm Waylon Wong, and connecting with the Indicator crew this week is the ever-effervescent Mary Child from Planet Money. |
| 0:51.5 | Hi, I'm just so happy to be here. |
| 0:53.3 | And we are happy to have you. |
| 0:58.7 | Mary, I cheer that you're here because you've arrived just in time for... Indicators of the week. |
| 1:01.7 | Woo! |
| 1:02.2 | That's right. |
| 1:03.0 | We are here to tell you about the most interesting numbers in the news this week on today's episode. |
| 1:08.4 | The dilettance in Davos put on a show. |
| 1:11.7 | And just a thought experiment, what if we did cap those credit card interest rates? |
| 1:16.4 | Plus, who's really footing the bill for all these tariffs? |
| 1:20.5 | Hint, it's who we told you. |
| 1:24.1 | That's going up after the break. |
| 1:29.6 | All right, indicators after the break. All right, Indicators of the Week, Mary Childs, your first. |
| 1:33.8 | My indicator of the week is one, as in first, as in this is the first time that I wish I was at Davos. |
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