IRS, Ivies and GDP

The Indicator from Planet Money

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🗓️ 28 July 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

In this edition of Indicators of the Week, we talk about the end of surprise IRS visits, new research on elite college admissions, and why a soft landing is in sight.

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0:00.0	NPR.
0:12.0	This is The Indicator for Plata Money, I'm Adrienne Ma.
0:14.2	I'm Whalen Wong, and this is Indicator of the Week.
0:17.8	That's right, and we are joined this week by our friend for Plata Money, Greg Rizalski.
0:23.4	Hey guys!
0:24.4	A hoi Greg!
0:25.4	So today on the show we are talking about some of this week's highlights in the news.
0:29.9	Some numbers that caught our eye this week have to do with the IRS, Elite College
0:34.6	Emissions, and some good news on Economic Growth.
0:38.2	All that.
0:39.2	After the break.
0:43.8	Indicators of the Week, Adrienne, you're up first.
0:47.2	Okay, knock knock.
0:48.7	Who's there?
0:49.7	The IRS!
0:50.7	Open up and give us your money!
0:51.7	Oh, now what's home?
0:52.7	No what's home?
0:53.7	Pulling down the blinds, turning off the lights.
0:57.9	So why I have come up with this brilliant knock knock joke is because my Indicator has
1:03.6	to do with the IRS, which just announced this week that it is going to end a long time
1:09.3	policy of making surprise visits to people's homes and businesses to collect back taxes.
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