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The Indicator from Planet Money

The return of Fyre Festival and other indicators

The Indicator from Planet Money

NPR

Business

4.79.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

It's ... Indicators of the Week! We roundup the economic indicators that caught our attention. On this (kinda) spoOoOooky Friday the 13th, we were morbidly curious about higher household incomes, a Keurig K-Cup kerfuffle and, believe it or not, the return of Fyre Festival.

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0:00.0

NPR. This is the indicator from Planet Money. I'm Adrian Ma. I'm Wailen Wong and today is Friday,

0:18.0

the 13th Spookage.

0:20.0

Whoa! Watch out! Bad indicator is a bound!

0:25.0

This ghostly presence is Nick Fountain from Planet Money.

0:32.0

What's up, Nick?

0:33.5

Happy to do spooky things with you today.

0:36.8

We're gonna do the Monster Mash.

0:39.2

It's gonna be a graveyard smash.

0:41.8

Wherewolf Farmit's Fuh.

0:44.0

So on this episode of indicators of the week,

0:48.0

our numbers from the news have to do with higher household incomes,

0:52.0

a curag K-cup curfuffle, and believe it or not, Fire Festival.

0:59.0

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1:21.8

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