Europe vs. US economies... and a dime heist

The Indicator from Planet Money

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🗓️ 27 October 2023

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This time on Indicators of the Week: the U.S. is seeing massive economic growth, but there are a couple of asterisks.

The European Central Bank is holding off on additional rate hikes, citing a weak economy in the eurozone.

Also, the story of how nearly a quarter of a million dollars was stolen out of a truck... in dimes.

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0:00.0	N-P-R This is the indicator for planet money.
0:13.2	I'm Adrian Ma here with Darian Woods.
0:15.2	Great to be here.
0:16.7	Also with us today, planet money super producer who has been filling in as the indicators
0:21.5	editor, Dave Blanchard.
0:22.5	Hey guys, good to be here.
0:25.2	Like we do every week, we're bringing you three key snapshots of all the wild and wonderful
0:29.9	things happening in the global economy.
0:32.2	And one of the things we're going to look at is the big one, massive GDP growth in the
0:36.4	US economy.
0:37.8	We're then going to look at the European economy and see its struggles with inflation and
0:42.5	growth right now.
0:44.0	And then we will look at the story of how two million dimes were heisted.
0:48.7	Heisted?
0:49.7	Or hoisted?
0:50.7	Housed?
0:51.7	Housed?
0:52.7	I say heisted.
0:53.7	You say heisted.
0:54.7	Let's just call the whole thing off.
0:59.9	Okay Darian Woods, you're up first with a big table setter indicator for the economy.
1:05.1	Yes indeed.
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