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Economist Podcasts

The prices fight: conflicting views on inflation

Economist Podcasts

The Economist

News & Politics, News

4.35K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Markets seem to think the worst is over; central bankers are not so sure. We ask why determining the trajectory of inflation is so difficult. Millions of refugees have poured out of Ukraine since the war began; their uncertain futures make setting up home tricky—for them and their host countries’ governments. And how technology is transforming the sport of ice fishing.


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0:00.0

Hello, I'm currently out of office.

0:04.4

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1:01.0

Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist.

1:04.2

In London, I'm Jason Palmer.

1:05.8

And in New York, I'm John Fastman.

1:08.8

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

1:16.6

The scale of the flow of people created by the war in Ukraine is hard to fathom.

1:22.5

Many refugees are finding work, schools, housing,

1:26.2

but neither they nor their host country's governments

1:28.7

can plan for how long they're setting up home.

1:32.4

And across much of America's upper Midwest, ice fishing is, for some reason, a beloved winter

1:38.2

pastime. But technology is changing it, and climate change threatens its future.

1:44.2

Our correspondent reports from a frozen lake in Minnesota.

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