Target, Klarna and Sesame Street's new addy

The Indicator from Planet Money

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🗓️ 23 May 2025

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Can you tell me how to get... how to get to Indicators of the Week? This week's econ roundup looks at Target's sagging sales, Klarna's pay-later problem, and Sesame Street's new streaming address.

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0:00.0	NPR.
0:11.6	This is the indicator from Planet Money.
0:13.5	I'm Waylon Wong.
0:14.6	And I'm Adrienne Ma.
0:15.9	And we're joined today by Planet Money's Sarah Gonzalez.
0:19.7	What's up?
0:20.4	Yes, and I'm here on my favorite day of the week, indicators of the week day.
0:25.6	Really?
0:26.6	Best, like better than Monday?
0:28.9	Well, I mean, it's a Friday, so it's already being Monday.
0:31.6	Yes, true.
0:33.8	This, of course, is the day of the week when we talk about our favorite numbers from the news.
0:38.6	Today's episode, we're talking about targets sagging sales, buy now, pay later problems,
0:44.4	and a new streaming address for Sesame Street.
0:48.2	We'll tell you how to get there after the break.
0:54.0	It is Indicators of the break.
0:55.7	It is Indicators of the Week.
0:57.3	Sarah, you are up first.
1:00.9	Okay, my indicator is $99 million.
1:08.8	That is how much one of the leading buy now pay later companies, Clarna lost, in just the first three months of the year.
1:09.7	Ouch.
1:10.7	Yeah, not great. And I'm just going to get this out of the year. Ouch. Yeah, not great.
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