What's in YOUR wallet?

The Indicator from Planet Money

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🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

It's ... Indicators of the Week! Our weekly look at some of the most fascinating economic numbers from the news.

On today's episode: China bulks up for a financial chill, how much Americans should save for a rainy day, and the price of used cars goes up.

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0:00.0	A quick note before we start today's show, you might have heard that President Trump has issued an executive order seeking to block all federal funding to NPR.
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0:34.4	thank you.
0:35.2	Your support means so much to us now more than ever.
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0:44.4	This is the indicator from Planet Money.
0:52.4	I'm Waylon Wong.
0:53.4	And I'm Adrienne Ma.
0:54.7	And today we are so hashtag blessed to be joined by Keith Romer from Planet Money.
1:00.5	I'm even wearing my Indigator T-shirt today. I'm ready.
1:03.6	Holy moly. I don't even have an Indigator T-shirt. Where did you get that?
1:06.6	Neither do I.
1:07.6	Merch is available at NPR slash Planet Money slash Indicator slash merch or something.
1:12.8	I don't know.
1:13.1	Good plug.
1:13.8	No, I really don't have one though.
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