The cost of living, lead pipe removal, and a more expensive Mega Millions

The Indicator from Planet Money

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🗓️ 11 October 2024

⏱️ 9 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: Inflation slowly coming down, getting the lead out of water pipes, and a more expensive Mega Millions.

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0:00.0	NPR This is the indicator from Planet Money. I'm Darren Woods.
0:15.0	And I'm Adrian Ma.
0:16.0	Joining us this week on The Indicator is none other than NPR's chief economics correspondent,
0:22.0	the one the only Mr Scott Horsley.
0:25.0	Great to be here.
0:27.0	The horse.
0:28.0	Nice to see you.
0:29.0	And Scott, you are back just in time to join us for another edition of Indicators of the Week.
0:34.6	Woo-hoo!
0:36.5	We are here as always to bring you the most fascinating snapshots from the Week of Economic
0:41.7	News. And today we are digging into the cost of living.
0:45.9	We're also going to look at getting the lead out of homes pipes.
0:49.7	And the mega millions. That's all after the break.
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