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The Indicator from Planet Money

Endless shrimp and other indicators

The Indicator from Planet Money

NPR

Business

4.79.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

On the latest edition of Indicators of the week, inflation in the U.S. and Europe is slowing down. Plus, a new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston highlights the number of gig workers typical employment counts miss. And finally ... Red Lobster, endless shrimp and loss leaders.

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0:00.0

NPR. This is the indicator from Planet Money. I'm Adrian Ma.

0:15.0

And I'm Darien Woods. Today we're joined by the great Erica Barras of Planet Money.

0:19.0

Welcome America.

0:20.0

Hello, thank you so much for having me.

0:22.0

Erica, it is awesome to have you, especially on the most special days of indicator days,

0:27.6

indicators of the week day.

0:29.4

That's right. Today we are going to bring you three insights about the economy from this week.

0:34.0

We're looking at whether or not inflation is dead,

0:37.5

whether all our labor data has been wrong,

0:40.5

and a strange kind of policy with shrimp at Red Lobster.

0:45.0

Yes, those are real words I just said.

0:48.0

Today, you're going to get all the indicators you can eat.

0:52.0

That's coming up after the break. But really it's

0:56.0

not all you can eat. It'll just be three. If three is the maximum you can eat.

0:59.4

It's a three course meal.

1:02.4

Darian Woods, you're first up for indicators of the week.

1:07.0

All right, so my...

1:08.0

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1:12.0

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1:15.0

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1:19.0

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1:25.4

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