NPR.

So I was reading the latest beige book report from the Federal Reserve and it made me

nostalgic for truckers.

I thought you were going to say penny candy or something.

So why are you thinking about truckers?

So this may sound weird, but when I grew up in the 1970s, the coolest people in the

entire world were truckers.

There were trucker songs on the radio like we got a great big con, boy.

And there were trucker movies like Smoky and the Bandit.

And I even got a CB radio for Christmas so that I could sit there all night going record

one nine record one nine.

This is animal spirit here.

Was your CB name animal spirit even as a child?

You were born to cover economics.

No, I can't remember what it was, but I thought that one would be funny for our economists

in the audience.

Well, I did enjoy that little Easter egg robber, but what does this all have to do with

the beige book?

Let's just say that one particular story in the most recent beige book will make sure

that all you good buddies get your ears on because we got the 10, 17 about the trucking

industry trying to keep the shiny side up.

I didn't understand any of that, but I'm really excited.

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