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A new gold rush and other indicators
Indicators of the Week is back! This time, we dig into why gold prices are spiking, why the Biden administration has only spent a small portion of mon...
Iceberg ahead for Social Security
According to a government report released this week, Congress has until 2033 to fix Social Security before retirees receive an automatic benefit cut o...
Why Venezuela is no longer in freefall
Back in 2019, The Indicator started checking in on with a Venezuelan economist Gabriela Saade. The economy was in freefall. The country was suffering ...
Hazard maps: The curse of knowledge
What happens when small town politics collide with the climate crisis? And how do hazard maps—maps that show which homes in your neighborhood are at r...
How Colorado towns are trying to get some water certainty
In Western Colorado, towns and farms are banding together to pay a hundred million dollars for water they don't intend to use. Today on the show, how ...
Not too hot, not too cold: a 'Goldilocks' jobs report
It's Jobs Friday and the jobs report is in! There's more jobs! ... but not as many as expected. And there's a teensy bit more unemployment and slower...
Protesters want schools to divest from Israel. How would that work?
College campuses nationwide are erupting with protests against Israel's war on Hamas in Gaza. A consistent theme among these actions: a call for unive...
What a cabinet maker can teach us about interest rates
The Beigie Awards are back to recognize the regional Federal Reserve Bank with the best Beige Book entry. This time, we shine a spotlight on one entry...
Is the federal debt REALLY that bad?
Sandwiched between a burger joint and an oyster bar in New York City hangs a daunting image: The National Debt Clock. And that debt number? It just ke...
Taxing the final frontier
Launches by commercial space companies are becoming more frequent. Last year, the Federal Aviation Administration licensed 117, an all-time high. But ...