NPR. Here on the indicator and our sister show Planet Money, we are like one big

podcast family and like a lot of families around the holidays we sometimes have our

disagreements. Now how do we have our disagreements.

Now how do we settle our disagreements?

We air them out publicly in a friendly game show competition.

That's right, it's time for another family feud.

Today I am competing head to head with my planet money colleagues Kenny Malone and Jeff Guo to figure out

the indicator of all indicators for 2023.

The thing that when we look back at the economy years from now we will say that's what this year

was all about. This is where legacy is made Whelan I am very excited to make my mark

here we go history in the making. Jeff, you ready?

I'm ready for a rematch. Did you lose? I think we both lost a Sarah last year.

Ah, I'm glad we didn't invite her back.

Excellent.

I didn't think I would care about losing until I lost.

And you've carried that grudge all year, haven't you?

Exactly.

Here are the rules.

Each of us prepared something for our indicator of the year.

We will each make our case in 60 seconds or less.

And in the end, you the listener will vote on who had the indicator of 2023.

Coming up on the show we've got Kenny Malone on Consumer Sentiment,

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