Home prices dip, Turkey's interest rate climbs, Amazon gets sued

The Indicator from Planet Money

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🗓️ 23 June 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Housing prices are easing! Good news for homebuyers, not great news for Adrian. Turkey's new central bank governor raises its interest rates. And is the FTC's Lina Khan riding into Amazon in a trojan horse?

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0:00.0	NPR.
0:12.0	This is the indicator for planet money. I'm Adrian Ma.
0:14.5	I'm Whalen Wong.
0:15.5	And I'm Darian Woods.
0:16.5	Very happy to be with all three indicator hosts.
0:20.0	You guys, this is like the planet's aligning, right?
0:23.5	It happens once in a blue moon.
0:26.0	You know, a blue moon is like just when you have two moons in a month.
0:28.0	Sorry to be annoying.
0:29.5	Darian, stop bringing down the mood.
0:31.5	But it doesn't happen that often, right?
0:33.5	I feel like the analogy is app.
0:35.0	So it's appropriate to moderately special event.
0:37.5	Listeners, you've joined us for a moderately special edition of Indicators of the Week.
0:42.5	That's right. I'm going to be talking about the US Housing Market.
0:45.5	I'm going to be talking about the economy of Turkey, which is anything but moderate.
0:48.5	I got to say.
0:49.5	And my indicator has to do with Amazon.
0:52.5	By the way, Amazon is one of NPR sponsors, but we of course cover it like any other company.
1:00.0	It's Indicators of the Week, a moderately special edition.
1:03.5	Thank you, Darian.
1:04.5	And for coining this phrase, you should kick us off.
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