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Trump versus Capital One
18 augustus 2026 · 9 min
The Trump Organization has sued Capital One for closing its bank accounts. The organization says it did so out of political reasons. But banks can close accounts for a zillion reasons. They don’t have to say why. Capital One cited money laundering as a concern. Lees meer
On today’s show, how banks decide to close accounts, how much politics plays a role and what the bank might have seen in its crime-stopping crystal ball.
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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Did you know companies can vote in Delaware?
17 augustus 2026 · 9 min
Fenwick Island, Del. has only around 900 people on its voting rolls, but some of those registered voters are not human. Many are family trusts and a few are companies. The town says its system works for its tiny beach community. So why are some lawmakers trying to stop it? Lees meer
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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Retiree benefits bump, credit repayment slump, and a dating app in the dumps
14 augustus 2026 · 9 min
It’s Indicators of the Week! Lees meer
On today’s episode: Retirees get a bump in benefits; credit card debt delinquency at a historically high level; and the dating app Bumble on a serious decline — Men first! IRL events! What will work!
Fact checking by Cooper Katz McKim and Vito Emanuel.
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C is for C-shaped economy
13 augustus 2026 · 9 min
Which letter best describes how the U.S. economy is shaped: C or K? We examine the arguments for both and why there’s so much disagreement over who’s faring best in today’s economy. Lees meer
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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Consumers are mad as hell and aren't gonna take it anymore
12 augustus 2026 · 9 min
Rage. That’s what consumers are feeling right now. A new survey found consumer complaints hit a record high this year. Another from last year found a huge share of consumers felt ‘rage’ with a product or service problem. Just think about the modern consumer experience: hidden fees, ballooning customer support wait times (perpetually experiencing higher call volumes than usual) … shrinkflation! Argh!! What’s going on? Lees meer
On today’s show, unpacking consumer rage. And Heather Timmons, who covers consumer rights for The Guardian, talks about what we might do about it.
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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Borrowing money to invest! What could go wrong?
11 augustus 2026 · 9 min
The total amount of investors using margin aka borrowing money to help pay for a trade is at an all time high of over $1.5 trillion. Is this something we should worry about? We spoke to Jurrien Tinner at Fidelity Investments. Lees meer
Note: Jurrien Timmer's views are his own and not representative of Fidelity.
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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Why is Trump paying to stop wind farms?
10 augustus 2026 · 9 min
President Trump is no fan of wind farms. And his administration is putting taxpayer money where his mouth is, paying companies billions of dollars to NOT build them. Lees meer
On today’s show, Trump’s plan to squelch wind farms with the public purse.
Fact checking by Tyler Jones.
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I'm just here for the health benefits
7 augustus 2026 · 8 min
Dependable health insurance is keeping more people in their jobs. Rising health costs don't help. Today we look at the repercussions this kind of job lock has on the wider economy. Lees meer
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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Following the Chipotle playbook for the cyclospora crisis
6 augustus 2026 · 9 min
Taco Bell and Taylor Farms are taking hits to their reputation due to the cyclosporiasis outbreak across the country. They could learn a thing or two from Chipotle, which went through its own public relations battle during a similar outbreak about a decade ago. Lees meer
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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How ending TPS is squeezing workers, businesses and (soon) consumers
5 augustus 2026 · 9 min
What happens when roughly a million people working legally in the U.S. suddenly lose that right to stay here? We’re starting to find out in places like Miami, Florida, home to one of the largest Haitian communities in the country. There, we talk to people on what the end of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) means for their businesses and the wider economy. Lees meer
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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Why we're short on blood, water and helium
4 augustus 2026 · 9 min
Shortages are in the news again! Here’s why the supply of blood, water and helium are at concerningly low levels. Lees meer
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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Who is a music industry plant? And does it matter?
3 augustus 2026 · 9 min
Musicians from the Rolling Stones to up-and-coming pop star Bella Kay have one thing in common: Influencers are being paid to promote their songs. Lees meer
On today's show: Who is an industry plant and why does it matter?
Fact checking by Tyler Jones.
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Mamdani markets, America bets, Gen Z drinks
31 juli 2026 · 9 min
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On today’s episode: The inner workings of Mamdani’s marts; how much Americans gamble; and Gen-Z aren’t the sober generation we’ve been led to believe!
Fact checking by Corey Bridges.
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Trump’s new Truth Social plan: pay $100K
30 juli 2026 · 9 min
President Trump’s social media company, Truth Social, wants to sell investors early access to its posts. When Trump announces tariffs or new strikes on Iran, those milliseconds matter in the market. Is this corruption? Is this legal? And what does corruption mean for the U.S. economy? Lees meer
Ray Fisman’s book with Miriam A. Golden is Corruption: What Everyone Needs to Know.
Fact checking by Tyler Jones.
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Even Moore’s law can't save affordable tech
29 juli 2026 · 9 min
For decades, consumer tech like laptops and gaming systems got better AND cheaper. Memory shortages caused by the AI boom are making those lower prices a thing of the past. Lees meer
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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You had housing questions. An economist answered them
28 juli 2026 · 10 min
The U.S. housing market is pretty weird right now. Whether you’re a buyer, seller or a renter, it leads to all kinds of questions, like: How did we end up with a housing shortage? Is housing still a good investment? What policies might unlock the housing inventory held by baby boomers? So we called up someone with answers: Redfin’s chief economist, Daryl Fairweather. Lees meer
On today’s show, your housing questions, answered. This is an excerpt of a live virtual event we held last week for our NPR+ and other qualifying supporters.
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Fact checking by Vito Emanuel.
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Petty! Econ! Grievances!
27 juli 2026 · 8 min
We have some grievances. Economic ones. And we’re airing them out. Lees meer
On today’s show: Redeeming fast food rewards points in airports, not knowing the full price of your meal upfront, and the pen-and-paper restaurant bill slowdown.
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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— Three beefs: U.S. and Brazil, Taco Bell and liability, Waymo and trial lawyers
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Three beefs: U.S. and Brazil, Taco Bell and liability, Waymo and trial lawyers
24 juli 2026 · 9 min
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Today on the show: Brazil’s fast payments system that’s got the Trump administration huffy, why Taco Bell might be liable for their role in cyclospora infections and why some lawyers are lobbying against driverless cars.
Fact checking by Emma Ferrara and Corey Bridges.
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Can Paramount "gift" its way past the FCC?
23 juli 2026 · 10 min
Paramount’s $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery has a few hurdles ahead of it. One of them is an FCC approval. But a recent investigation shows that Paramount and the FCC have a dubious relationship, one with potential conflicts of interest. Lees meer
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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Can Y’all Street outflank Wall Street?
22 juli 2026 · 8 min
Biz-friendly Texas is opening a stock exchange, built and based in the state. Can it become—or best—Wall Street? And how has politics influenced the birth of Y’all Street? Lees meer
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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Tale of Two Cities
21 juli 2026 · 9 min
The formerly sleepy economies of suburban Austin, Texas and Syracuse, NY are getting two new semiconductor chip plants. They’re bringing thousands of jobs and dollars to the area but while Austin’s housing market seems to be handling the change well, Syracuse is in the midst of an affordability crisis. On today’s show, why? Lees meer
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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Why doesn't the US have better sunscreen?
20 juli 2026 · 10 min
Why has the Food and Drug Administration taken so long to approve new sunscreens? Unlike the rest of the world, the FDA only just approved its first new ingredient in nearly three decades. We learn about a proposal to speed up drug and sunscreen innovation, and a skincare influencer who lobbied for change. Lees meer
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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New NPR Series: "We Keep Us Safe" from the Embedded podcast
19 juli 2026 · 3 min
In the summer of 2020, sixteen-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. traveled a thousand miles to join the racial justice movement of his generation in the wake of George Floyd's killing. Antonio arrived in Seattle during the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest, known as CHOP. Less than a week later, he was shot and killed there. The case remains unsolved. Lees meer
In this eight-part series, hosts Sydney Brownstone of The Seattle Times and Will James of KUOW team up with NPR's Embedded to investigate Antonio's death. They track down key eyewitnesses and surface crucial evidence that's never been made public.
Find "We Keep Us Safe" in the Embedded podcast feed.
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The Strait of Hormuz no-fee, China cuts down on pollution and IMAX's economic Odyssey
17 juli 2026 · 10 min
It’s Indicators of the Week (now on YouTube!). Lees meer
On today’s episode: What happened to Trump’s proposed Strait of Hormuz fee?; China’s pollution takes a dip … and maybe solves a mystery?; IMAX is expensive. But BIG. (For our eyes and theater owners.)
Fact checking by Julia Ritchey and Cooper Katz McKim.
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Why the Pope wants to disarm AI
16 juli 2026 · 8 min
Over 100 years ago, Pope Leo XIII wrote a seminal letter encouraging workers to unionize in the face of industrialization. The current Pope Leo XIV in his seminal letter warned of an economic disruption from today that threatens workers - Artificial Intelligence. Lees meer
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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Why your neighbor might be paying less for their car
15 juli 2026 · 9 min
Many Gulf states like the United Arab Emirates are diversifying away from oil, but how do you actually measure that? After China resumed buying American soybeans, what are farmers doing now? And is your neighbor paying less for their car than you? Today on the show, we explore YOUR listener questions. Lees meer
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez & Emma Ferrara.
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Can the internet survive AI summaries?
14 juli 2026 · 10 min
AI summaries are gaining traction and making the potential for a “zero click web” increasingly real. What does that mean for the internet as we know it today? Lees meer
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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Young people aren’t paying their car loans. We can help.
13 juli 2026 · 9 min
About one in 20 car loans made to young people are in serious delinquency. That’s the highest rate since the global financial crisis. Today on the show, former FDIC chair Sheila Bair answers young listeners' car buying questions. Lees meer
Sheila Bair’s book is How Not to Lose a Million Dollars: A Young Person's Guide to Avoiding the Tricks and Traps of Our Financial System
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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SK Hynix to the moon, Gen-Z to their rooms, and Connecticut tax reform looms
10 juli 2026 · 9 min
It’s Indicators of the Week (now on YouTube!). Lees meer
On today’s episode: You could’ve septupled your money if you invested in this scalding-hot South Korean memory chip stock; nearly half of all adults under 30 are moving back in with the ‘rents; and a new democracy is born … in Connecticut.
Fact checking by Julia Ritchey and Corey Bridges.
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Why Google fell behind in the AI race
9 juli 2026 · 9 min
When it comes to AI, Google’s Gemini does not have the same household recognition that Claude and ChatGPT do. One big explanation: the innovator’s dilemma. We explain how Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is trying to fight a lumbering company’s constraints to build AI superintelligence. Lees meer
Sebastian Mallaby’s book is The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the Quest for Superintelligence
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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Cracking down on egg prices
8 juli 2026 · 10 min
Too much news, there’s just too much news. Today on the show, we tackle three big stories we’re following: Venezuela’s ever-increasing debt problem, the real story behind high egg prices, and how gaming companies are paying the pied piper. Lees meer
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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We're in a renter's market (believe it or not)
7 juli 2026 · 9 min
Depends on where you live, but renters have a lot of power right now in the United States. What’s behind this trend and how might you be able to take advantage of the renters’ market at your next lease renewal. Lees meer
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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Why the US is losing the drone war
6 juli 2026 · 9 min
The US defense industry is struggling to keep up with the revolution in cheap drones vs. expensive reusable military equipment. Lees meer
Today on the show, we talk with Stacie Pettyjohn, the director of the Defense Program at the Center for a New American Security on the three big reasons the U.S. is falling behind.
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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Obama's new Presidential Center and his tricky relationship with the South Side
3 juli 2026 · 35 min
How do residents of the South Side of Chicago feel about their new neighbor: the Obama Presidential Center? A mixture of pride and excitement, tempered with some concerns about what it could do to housing affordability. On today’s show, we’re bringing you an episode from our friends at Code Switch on the new center and its relationship to the historically Black neighborhoods around it. Lees meer
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Does the new Fed chair care about jobs?
2 juli 2026 · 9 min
Last month, new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh presided over his first interest rate decision and press conference … but he didn't talk much about maximum employment. Lees meer
How much does Kevin Warsh care about the jobs side of the Fed’s dual mandate?
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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Why Trump wants to rip up his own trade deal
1 juli 2026 · 10 min
During President Donald Trump’s first term, he touted the USMCA as the largest and most fair trade deal ever achieved. So why is he now talking about ‘terminating’ it? Lees meer
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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What Iran teaches us about why wars start
30 juni 2026 · 10 min
If war is so costly, why do we keep fighting them? We dig into the wars in Iran, Ukraine and Gaza to understand the incentives that lead countries into violence. Today on the show, the five factors that lead to war. Lees meer
Chris Blattman’s book is Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace.
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What you should know about your student loans
29 juni 2026 · 9 min
For many of the 43 million Americans with federal student loans, July 1 is a day to mark on the calendar. Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act is introducing stricter borrowing caps and new repayment plans. Today on the show, we talk with NPR’s Education Reporter Cory Turner about the impact. Lees meer
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GLP-1 and women, the AI office boom, and RTO: CEO ego?
26 juni 2026 · 9 min
It’s Indicators of the Week (now on YouTube!). Lees meer
On today’s episode: The effect of GLP-1s on women and the workplace; NYC’s once flailing office space is BACK; your boss asking you to come back to the office miiiight be a narcissist.
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AI is pumping out books. Are they any good?
25 juni 2026 · 9 min
Are all these AI books any good? And by good, we mean are people willing to buy them — not whether the prose is singing. We talk to two researchers who’ve got some answers and a travel guide expert on why AI can’t replace first-hand experience. Lees meer
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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How stock options made him an overnight millionaire
24 juni 2026 · 10 min
In 2019, Juan Hernandez was laid off from SpaceX. Luckily, he still had the opportunity to buy $50K - $60K of the company’s stock and, years later, it’s safe to say the risk was worth it. Today on the show, how stock options built California as a tech hub. Lees meer
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Why the $250 bill would be good … For criminals!
23 juni 2026 · 9 min
A plan to create a new $250—with President Donald Trump’s face on it—has created a lot of pushback. Who probably won’t be pushing back, though? Criminals. On today’s show, we explain why. Lees meer
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An urban planner, infinite scroll, and … what is a public good?
22 juni 2026 · 10 min
It’s time for The Indicator Quiz! We test you, dear listener, on your knowledge of topics that we’ve covered on The Indicator. For today's quiz show, we are putting an urban planner from Nevada to the test. Play along with us and see how you do! Lees meer
Are you interested in being a contestant on our next Indicator Quiz? Email us your name and phone number at indicator@npr.org and put "Indicator Quiz" in the subject line.
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How your phone keeps you scrolling ... even when you want to stop
19 juni 2026 · 9 min
You pick up your phone to do one quick task, and suddenly 20 minutes have flown by without you even noticing. How do apps do that to you? Today on the show, we bring you an episode of Short Wave that explains how your phone is designed specifically to hold your attention. Lees meer
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Are we in a new era of permanently higher prices?
18 juni 2026 · 9 min
Inflation is at a three-year high. That’s a problem for the Fed. Yet, under the leadership of new chair Kevin Warsh, it opted yesterday not to hike interest rates. So today on the show, who are the winners and who are the losers amidst higher inflation? Lees meer
Mark Blyth’s book, co-authored with Nicolò Fraccaroli is Inflation: A Guide for Users and Losers.
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.
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Is gambling the reason we have pro sports?
17 juni 2026 · 9 min
To hear author David Bockino tell it, gambling has always been a key ingredient of pro sports in the U.S.—it’s as American as apple pie. Bockino is the author of the new book Over/Under: An Unexpected History of Sports Betting. So what gave rise to this new wave of sports gambling? And what are we risking placing so many bets on games? Lees meer
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Your American Dream is pending review
16 juni 2026 · 8 min
The Trump Administration recently announced changes to how would-be immigrants get green cards. And it’s causing a lot of confusion, fear and even panic. Today on the show, we hear firsthand from people navigating green card uncertainty. Lees meer
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Community colleges are kind of underrated
15 juni 2026 · 8 min
Community college is an increasingly popular hack for those who want to change their career. Here’s what you should know about this gateway to economic mobility. Lees meer
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Inflation is bad, work from home sad, FIFA World Cup tix NOT deal to be had
12 juni 2026 · 9 min
It’s Indicators of the Week (now on YouTube!). It’s our weekly look at some of the most fascinating economic numbers from the news. Lees meer
On today’s episode: Inflation is back, working from home is making us sad, and World Cup ticket sales are NOT hitting their goooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal!!
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The SpaceX IPO drama explained
11 juni 2026 · 9 min
What the SpaceX IPO, the largest ever, reveals about big tech, the NASDAQ and more big IPOs to come. Sure it will make Elon Musk a trillionaire, but what does this mean for your retirement account? Lees meer
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