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From the people who make Planet Money, The Indicator helps you make sense of what's happening today. It's a quick hit of insight into work, business, the economy, and everything else. Listen weekday afternoons. A little show about big ideas. From the people who make Planet Money, The Indicator helps you make sense of what's happening today.
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The Indicator from Planet Money : NPR. The Indicator from Planet Money A little show about big ideas. From the people who make Planet Money, The Indicator helps you make sense of what's happening today. It's a quick hit of insight into work, business, the economy, and everything else. Listen weekday afternoons.
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This show was produced and fact-checked by Corey Bridges. It was engineered by Gilly Moon. Viet Le is our senior producer. And Kate Concannon edits the show. The Indicator is a production of NPR.
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What is the indicator show?
A little show about big ideas. From the people who make Planet Money, The Indicator helps you make sense of what's happening today. It's a quick hit of insight into work, business, the economy, and everything else. Listen weekday afternoons.
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Minnesota is often touted as one of the best places to live in the U.S. — it has the numbers to prove it. And yet, the state has some of the worst racial disparities of any state in the country. How well a family can endure a spell of unemployment depends on how much of a buffer it has to fall back on.
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Backwardation in the oil market, explained
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Backwardation in the oil market
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