Tangled up and beige: The Beigies are back!
The Indicator from Planet Money
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4.7 • 9.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2021
⏱️ 10 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | NPR. |
| 0:05.0 | Welcome to The Bayes Awards. |
| 0:16.3 | I'm your host, Stacy Vanixman. |
| 0:18.4 | And I'm the official sidekick, Robert Smith. |
| 0:20.9 | And it is our favorite time of year and I'm not talking about autumn in New York with |
| 0:24.5 | all the leaves changing colors. |
| 0:26.6 | No Robert, fall colors are great and everything, but here at The Indicator, we only have eyes for |
| 0:31.6 | beige. |
| 0:32.6 | Yes, that magical bighcordedly moment when the beige book drops. |
| 0:38.1 | And we celebrate the 12 regional Federal Reserve banks coming together with anecdotes from |
| 0:43.2 | business owners and heads of industry in their regions. |
| 0:46.7 | And the October beige book was full of intrigue. |
| 0:50.5 | It really was. |
| 0:51.6 | And I'm going to be honest, Robert. |
| 0:53.0 | This one gets a little emotional. |
| 0:55.6 | And our beige book blue, you might say. |
| 0:57.9 | Yes, you might. |
| 0:59.4 | We'll be right back with the highlights and finalists from the October beige book. |
| 1:03.6 | And of course the winner, after a few words from our sponsor. |
| 1:11.0 | This message comes from NPR sponsor, Capital One. |
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| 1:19.4 | your real monthly payment without impacting your credit score. |
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