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Okay, so we are getting to the end of this year, 2021, which of course brings us to the

question of what was the biggest story of the year? What was the indicator of indicators?

So I just figured I would invite our little family over from Planned and Money and ask

them to make a case for what they think the indicator of the year, the indicator of indicators

should be. Here are the rules. We all prepared our indicator. We're making our case. We will

make that case in 60-ish seconds and in the end you, the listener, will vote. You will pick

who you think made the best case for the indicator of indicators for 2021.

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Welcome to Family Feud, indicator of the year edition. We've all picked what we think is

the economic story of the year and we're going to make a little 60-second case. Robert Smith,

tell me what your topic is and I'll time you while you make your case.

All right, I think it's entirely clear to anyone who's paid attention this year that

the indicator of the year is inflation. It's the word of the year, it's the indicator

of the year, it is the story of the year. Supply chain bottlenecks come and go. Labor

numbers go up and down, but serious inflation in the United States happens once in a generation.

This year's inflation isn't just the indicator of the year. It may define the entire decade.

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