It’s … Indicators of the Week! We look at some of the most fascinating economic numbers from the news and bring them to you. On today’s episode: <a href="https://institute.bankofamerica.com/content/dam/economic-insights/paycheck-to-paycheck.pdf"target="_blank" >The cost of living is outstripping wage growth</a> for most of us, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/home-prices-50-year-mortgage-trump-56a931881ca6f6efeccf2de0333a83bd"target="_blank" >the math</a> behind the Trump administration’s proposed 50-year mortgages, and how <a href="https://www.nber.org/papers/w34441"target="_blank" >we’re just giving Uber and Lyft free money</a>.  Related episodes:  <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/11/26/1215240061/indicator-trump-plan-housing-market"target="_blank" >Trump's plans for the housing market</a>  <a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/11/10/1054451446/the-money-illusion-have-americans-really-gotten-a-raise"target="_blank" >The Money Illusion: Have Americans really gotten a raise?</a>  For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at <a href="http://plus.npr.org/"target="_blank" >plus.npr.org</a>. Fact-checking by <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/1268825622/sierra-juarez"target="_blank" >Sierra Juarez</a>. Music by <a href="https://dropelectric.bandcamp.com/"target="_blank" >Drop Electric</a>. Find us: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@planetmoney"target="_blank" >TikTok</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/planetmoney/"target="_blank" >Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/planetmoney"target="_blank" >Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.npr.org/newsletter/money"target="_blank" >Newsletter</a>.   Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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