Stocks jump, the temperamental peso, and other election aftermath indicators

The Indicator from Planet Money

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🗓️ 8 November 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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It's ... Indicators of the Week! It's that time of week when we look at the most fascinating economic numbers from the news.

On today's episode: Election aftermath. Stocks jump, the temperamental Mexican peso, and which states are raising minimum wage.

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0:00.0	NPR.
0:02.2	This is the indicator from Planet Money.
0:13.8	I'm Waylon Wong here with Daryan Woods.
0:16.2	Howdy?
0:16.8	Hello.
0:17.6	And visiting us today from the Planet Money orbit, Amanda Arontic.
0:22.3	I have just landed here from Planet Money.
0:25.6	I hope you come in peace.
0:26.7	I do. I always come in peace.
0:28.7	Amanda, you are here at a pivotal time.
0:31.3	Oh, what are you talking about?
0:32.7	Well, let me tell you.
0:35.4	What happened this week? Anything?
0:36.8	Them stuff has happened this week, Amanda.
0:38.8	I wasn't aware.
0:39.5	Not only are you joining us in the aftermath of the election.
0:42.2	You're also joining us for Indicators of the week.
0:46.9	Yay.
0:48.3	So you've woken up from your cryo sleep just in time, Amanda.
0:52.0	Today on the show, we've got stocks jumping. Yes, the peso drop
0:56.9	down into the dumps. And we've got some more jumping, this time in the minimum wage.
1:01.8	That's all off to the break. This message comes from Indiana University. Indiana University
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