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Planet Money

Which economic indicator defined 2022?

Planet Money

NPR

Business, News

4.629.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

2022 was a year of big economic changes. But what economic story most defined the year? Our hosts from Planet Money and The Indicator battle it out over what should be crowned the indicator of the year. Subscribe to Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/planetmoney

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is Planet Money from NPR.

0:06.6

Here I'm Planet Money and on our sister show the indicator, we're like one big podcast

0:11.3

family.

0:12.5

And like big families, sometimes, especially during the holidays, we have disagreements.

0:17.3

Now, people will tell us, don't air your dirty laundry.

0:20.5

Nobody wants to know about your weird drama.

0:22.8

But today, we are doing the opposite.

0:25.6

We are competing head-to-head Planet Money versus the indicator to figure out the indicator

0:31.8

of all indicators for 2022.

0:34.5

The thing that when we look back at the economy years from now, we'll say that's what

0:39.0

this year was all about.

0:41.5

So it is time for another family, food.

0:47.6

So here are the rules.

0:49.1

We have two hosts from Planet Money and two hosts from the indicator.

0:52.9

All of us have prepared something for the indicator of the year.

0:55.9

Well, each make our case in 60 seconds or less, and in the end, you, the listener, will

1:00.6

get to vote on who had the indicator of 2022.

1:04.6

So coming up on the show, we've got Sarah Gonzalez in interest rates.

1:07.8

The best indicator of all of the indicators, obviously.

1:12.5

Adrian Mom, the supply chain.

1:14.6

What's up?

1:15.6

I've been drinking coffee and doing push-ups and I'm ready.

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