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Spencer Platt/Getty Images Spencer Platt/Getty Images Today on Indicators of the Week: government iPhone restrictions in China that walloped Apple’s market value. Plus plans emerge over how the US government plans to negotiate drug prices. Also, a mass exodus of employees from a top dating app that sheds some light on where the whole working […]

The jobs report is in! And both the rate of employment AND unemployment went up in August. How does that happen? Plus, how disabled people are doing in the labor market. For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.beragampengetahuan.org. Music by Drop Electric. Find […]

Scott Barbour/Getty Images Scott Barbour/Getty Images What’s hotter than a leather car seat in the late summer? The Indicator Quiz! We bring a listener onto the show and test their econ knowledge. Today’s quiz is all about the Internet and artificial intelligence. Play along with us and see how you do! Are you interested in […]

Spencer Platt/Getty Images Spencer Platt/Getty Images You ask, we answer! We help a parent explain exchange rates to their kid, a high school teacher explain bond prices to his students, and we follow up on what happened to the diversity of the student body at the University of California after the state’s ban on affirmative […]

Yellow stunned the trucking industry when it filed for bankruptcy this month. The nearly hundred-year old company said it will lay off 30,000 employees and liquidate all of its assets. On today’s show, a glimpse into Yellow’s bankruptcy process: who’s blaming who for what, and an explainer on a specific type of loan – the […]

Stephen Brashear/Getty Images Stephen Brashear/Getty Images You’ve heard of The Price Is Right, but what about Is This A Bank? It’s a game show where contestants puzzle over some obvious and not-so-obvious places where people store their money. This podcast may or may not remind you where your secret stashes of cash are hidden. For […]

Farm employment numbers are historically very hard to track. Partly because they fluctuate a lot from season to season, partly because a large portion of farm workers are undocumented. They’re also not included in the monthly job numbers, which means we hardly ever talk about them on Jobs Friday. But today we’re bringing you “Farm […]

In this edition of Indicators of the Week, we talk about the end of surprise IRS visits, new research on elite college admissions, and why a soft landing is in sight. Music by Drop Electric. Find us: Facebook / Newsletter. Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts and beragampengetahuan One. For sponsor-free […]