Wailin Wong
Reporter and Co-Host at The Indicator from Planet Money
Reporter and co-host at @theindicator from @planetmoney and @npr. Likes waffles and news. Formerly: Basecamp, Chicago Tribune, Dow Jones Newswires. She/her.
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5 days ago |
wrvo.org | Wailin Wong |Adrian Ma |Keith Romer |Angel Carreras
It's ... Indicators of the Week! Our weekly look at some of the most fascinating economic numbers from the news. On today's episode: China bulks up for a financial chill, how much to save for a rainy day, and the price of used cars goes up.
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5 days ago |
npr.org | Wailin Wong |Adrian Ma |Keith Romer |Angel Carreras |Kate Concannon
Prepping for a rainy day and higher used car prices Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1250192002/1269289121" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Justin Sullivan/Getty Images It's ... Indicators of the Week! Our weekly look at some of the most fascinating economic numbers from the news.
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6 days ago |
wrvo.org | Wailin Wong |Darian Woods |Julia Ritchey |Kate Concannon
President Trump has flirted with firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell since returning to office, but can he legally do that? Not without good cause. Today on the show, the danger of Trump's amped up attacks on Powell and the Fed's independence. Follow Chris Hughes on Substack. Related listening: A primer on the Federal Reserve's Independence (Apple / Spotify) Arthur Burns: shorthand for Fed failure?
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6 days ago |
npr.org | Wailin Wong |Darian Woods |Julia Ritchey |Kate Concannon
It's hard out there for a Fed chair Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1249919772/1269277444" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images President Trump has flirted with firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell since returning to office, but can he legally do that? Not without good cause.
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1 week ago |
wrvo.org | Robert Smith |Wailin Wong |Angel Carreras |Kate Concannon
The Beigie Awards are back to recognize the regional Federal Reserve Bank with the best Beige Book entry. On today's episode, we shine a spotlight on a Midwest food bank. Related episodes: Why Midwest crop farmers are having a logistics problem (Apple / Spotify) How many times can you say uncertainty in one economic report? (Apple / Spotify)For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Fact-checking by Sierra Juarez.
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