Dollar v. world / Taylor Swift v. FTX / Fox v. Dominion

The Indicator from Planet Money

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🗓️ 21 April 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Why does Brazil's President Lula go to bed every night thinking about the US dollar? Did Taylor Swift know crypto exchange FTX was trouble? That and more on this week's financial news roundup.

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0:00.0	NPR.
0:12.0	Let's get the guys to the week from the Indicator.
0:14.0	I'm Darren Woods.
0:15.0	I'm Adrian Ma.
0:16.0	And we're joined by a special guest this week.
0:19.0	Jeff Woe from Planet Money.
0:21.0	It's so great to be back.
0:23.0	What do you got on tap for us?
0:24.0	I am going to tell you about maybe the smartest financial decision
0:28.0	Taylor Swift ever made.
0:30.0	Oh, besides putting out dozens of platinum albums.
0:35.0	Maybe not quite as smart as that.
0:37.0	But pretty smart.
0:38.0	Ooh, okay.
0:39.0	All right.
0:40.0	I'm going to talk about the big Fox News trial this week
0:42.0	that actually didn't happen.
0:44.0	And I'm going to talk about whether the US dollar
0:47.0	is going to keep raining supreme.
0:49.0	That's all after the break.
0:51.0	Indicators of the week time, Darren Woods, start us off here.
1:00.0	My indicator is half.
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