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The Indicator from Planet Money

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🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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It’s … Indicators of the Week! Our rapid run through the numbers you need to know.

On today’s episode: John Legend croons; CPI inflation soothes; Same job as mom? You’ll earn more, dude; Apple vs. Apple, a courtroom feud.

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0:00.0	NPR.
0:11.8	This is the indicator from Planet Money.
0:13.7	I'm Waylon Wong.
0:14.8	And I'm Adrienne Ma.
0:17.0	All right.
0:17.4	I have a treat for you guys and our listeners.
0:20.0	Yesterday's episode featured the musician John Legend.
0:23.5	And when I interviewed him for yesterday's episode, I asked him to compose a little song for us.
0:30.2	Indicators of the week.
0:32.2	It's the indicators of the week.
0:34.6	I need a good rhyme.
0:36.6	What does it do?
0:38.3	Well, we talk about interesting numbers from the news, like GDP growth or inflation or, you know.
0:46.7	Indicators of the week.
0:48.5	It's the indicators of the week.
0:51.0	Get your data on GDP from the indicators all the week.
0:55.1	Oh my gosh. I feel like I could literally die happy.
1:00.1	Wow, that was fast. He just came up with it straight away.
1:03.4	I think we found our fourth host guest. Indicator co-host.
1:07.1	He was a management consultant as we learned this week.
1:09.9	Yeah, did you know he used to be a management consultant at BCG?
1:13.4	So, like, perfect fit.
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