The Indicator from Planet Money

President Trump claims Venezuela stole American oil. Is that true? We trace Venezuela's oi... more

When you're in a grocery store nowadays, chances are your data is being collected. From a ... more

Former Venezuelan leader, Nicolás Maduro, appeared in a New York court yesterday. He’s fac... more

Japan’s new prime minister Sanae Takaichi made waves last fall after saying her country mi... more

At The Indicator, we’ve been following the conditions in Venezuela over the years. In 2024... more

2025 is finally over. We had bad consumer sentiment vibes, tariffs, and a seemingly ascend... more

Americans are moving at record lows for work. What’s driving people to, well, not drive cr... more

To hear President Trump tell it, the late 1800s, i.e. the Gilded Age, were a period of unp... more

Seasons greetings from the The Indicator! On today's show, the story of a man who started ... more

Many men in the U.S. feel like they're not doing as well as their fathers. But what does t... more

For the next week, we're running some of our favorite shows from this year. On today's sho... more

Happy Holidays from The Indicator! For the next week, we're running some of our favorite s... more

As Warren Buffett aged, he became a different sort of figure. He transformed from short-te... more

With an unprecedented decades-long run of success, Warren Buffett is retiring on December ... more

2025 was a wild year for the U.S. economy. Tariffs transformed the global economy, consume... more

After a firehose of economic news in 2025, we wanted to check back on some of the people w... more

Absent a holiday miracle, premium subsidies for the Affordable Care Act are set to expire ... more

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act made a lot of changes to the federal student loan system. O... more

Cities like Austin and Atlanta used to top lists of places people moved to looking for rel... more

It’s … Indicators of the Week! Our weekly look at some of the most fascinating economic nu... more