NPR. What? Robert it looks like you're trying to walk a balance beam. It's not as easy as it looks

Adrian. I mean I take it you were inspired by the the recent Olympics. The what? No no no I was

inspired by the beige book.

Um, uh, okay, yeah, I should get the gag by now. You're referring to the government document

that we all love that details the economic conditions

around the country. And with this release of the beige book you can see an

economy very carefully balanced get it between expansion and contraction.

We have parts of the country where hiring is slowed,

or even hiring freezes, but other parts where labor hiring is still chugging along.

And all we gotta do is wait for the dismount.

9.7.

Good enough for gold metal?

Good enough for beige.

It's the Beigey Awards!

Our eight times a year salute to the art and science

of telling stories about the economy. I'm Robert Smith.

And I'm Adrian Ma. We'll be giving out our own medals today for our favorite anecdotes from

the beige book. We'll have one dinner item that will likely be getting much cheaper and

Something very valuable that is being given away for free

Ooh, but we'll warn you there is a catch after the break.

There's always a catch.

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