NPR.

This is the indicator from Planet Money.

I'm Stacey Vanick Smith.

And I'm Darryl Woods.

And I'm Adrienne Ma.

And today on the show, the Russian Invasion of Ukraine.

We've been watching all of these scary and horrific images unfolding on TV.

And you know, here at the indicator, since all of this started, we've been talking a

lot about what this means for Ukraine, for Russia, for Europe, for all of us.

And this is a fast-moving story.

NPR is going to be covering it from a lot of different angles.

But here at the indicator, we're going to do what we do best and pull out some of the important

economic threads from this conflict.

So today, three Russia-Ukraine indicators.

Three economic stories that can shed light on what's going on.

Like what this might mean for global oil prices.

How this might impact the global supply chain in unexpected ways, including

inside of your car.

And how big Russia's economy is really.

And why that number might be a little deceptive.

All that after the break.

So today on the show, three Russia-Ukraine indicators.

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