From Earth to the cosmos, indicators of the week

The Indicator from Planet Money

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🗓️ 15 July 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

On Earth and in space, economics affects us wherever we go. Today, we're looking at three indicators: The yen, copper prices, and NASA's James Webb telescope. Quite an otherworldly combination!

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0:00.0	NPR.
0:14.2	A piece of news came out earlier this week that remarkably was not about politics or war
0:20.5	or economic turmoil.
0:22.8	It was about something that hopefully we could all appreciate, which is the beauty of
0:28.2	the cosmos.
0:29.2	Right?
0:30.2	NASA released images from their James Webb telescope, which offered us a glimpse into the great
0:35.1	expanse of space.
0:37.2	And for a moment, it felt like we as a human species looked up and shared a moment of
0:44.7	wonder.
0:45.7	Should we change our desktop background?
0:49.7	Space.
0:50.7	The final frontier.
0:53.2	And then we all came crashing back to Earth with reports of higher than expected inflation.
0:59.2	International currencies going up and down and up and down, commodity prices falling, political
1:05.7	shakeups causing shock waves around the world.
1:09.1	That's called reality, rally bites.
1:12.0	This is the undergather from bad at money.
1:13.5	I'm Darren Woods.
1:14.5	I'm Adrian Mah.
1:15.5	And I, for better or for worse, I'm Patty Hirsch, bringing us back to Earth.
1:19.0	Bringing you back to Earth with three indicators, global and intergalactic economics.
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