• The Indicator from Planet Money

  • Auteur(s): NPR
  • Podcast

The Indicator from Planet Money

Auteur(s): NPR
  • Résumé

  • A bite-sized show about big ideas. From the people who make Planet Money, The Indicator helps you make sense of what's happening in today's economy. It's a quick hit of insight into money, work, and business. Monday through Friday, in 10 minutes or less.
    Copyright 2015-2021 NPR - For Personal Use Only
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  • What happens when an economist becomes prime minister?
    Apr 9 2025
    Today on the show, we meet Canada's new Prime Minister, economist Mark Carney.

    What's it like when your former job — being a non-political banker who decides a country's interest rate — bleeds into your now-political decisions on everything?

    Related episodes:
    A polite message from Canada to the U.S. (Apple / Spotify)

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    9 min
  • What's so bad about a trade deficit?
    Apr 8 2025
    President Trump claims a main goal of his crippling tariffs is to address the U.S. trade deficit. So is the U.S. trade deficit a problem? On today's show, why we'll never have a trade surplus with every single country; what the benefits of a trade deficit are; and whether or not the trade deficit affects jobs.

    Related episodes:
    Tarrified! We check in on businesses (Apple / Spotify)
    Why there's no referee for the trade war (Apple / Spotify)
    Common economic myths debunked (Apple / Spotify)

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    9 min
  • Tariffied! We check in on businesses
    Apr 7 2025
    Trump's wave of tariffs is here. Just about everyone in the world of business is still processing exactly what this means. It's a massive, widespread increase in taxes. Today on the show, we hear from business people we've had on the show who tell us what they're doing in response to the latest, and largest, wave of tariffs.

    Related episodes:
    Trump's contradictory trade policies (Apple / Spotify)
    How's ... everybody doing? (Apple / Spotify)
    How Shein became a fast-fashion behemoth (Apple / Spotify)

    For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.

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    Sierra Juarez. Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.

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    9 min

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