NPR. Waylan, have you been following the latest news from my favorite artist,

Beyonce?

Oh, you mean cowboy Carter, taking the music world by Storm?

Why yes, I have been replaying that song, Body Guard, like 50 times a day.

Yeah, I have no idea what you're referring to.

I was talking about the bigger Beyonce news.

She posted a hot new fashion look to her Instagram account. Check out this photo.

Ooh, right, she's wearing an outfit that you know mere mortals should not attempt.

It is a beautiful monochromatic suit

with like slouchy trousers and a trench coat

and a beautiful hat.

And then she has like a turquoise bolo tie. And it's beige. She is head to toe in the

color beige. At the indicator we have been waiting for this color to come back

into fashion for years now.

Because Beige is the color of our favorite government report,

the summary of commentary on current economic conditions.

Better known as the Beige Book, a gripping document released by the Federal Reserve and filled

with little anecdotes about the economy.

We've always joked about dressing up in beige every time the report comes out and now Beyonce of course has

gone and done it always a trailblazer.

It's the Bage awards are eight times a year salute to the art and science of telling stories about the economy.

I'm Robert Smith.

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