How a former Fed vice chair would approach rate cuts : The Indicator from Planet Money Federal Reserve is meeting to make its interest rate decision after the government shutdown delayed key economic data. Today on the show, we talk to the former Vice Chair of the Fed, Lael Brainard, ab...

Listen to my interview with Lael Brainard on The Indicator from Planet Money: www.npr.org/2025/12/09/n...

What's the Fed going to do on Wednesday?

For The Indicator, I spoke with former Fed vice chair Lael Brainard. She'd cut rates 25 basis points with a pause after.

Nobel Laureate Richard Thaler @rthaler.bsky.social on whether AI might suffer from the winner's curse: "It certainly could be that way."

The winner's curse: the tendency of auction winners to overpay. Poaching AI talent, bidding for compute may have the same dynamics.

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Lily Allen's West End Girl might be the first album more people have read the lyrics to than have actually listened to

"If the world is going to split into the techno kings and the techno peasants, I better prove that I'm gonna stay on top" -
@jasmine.bsky.social describing veiled AI anxiety in San Francisco for The Indicator

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Why is every brand trying to be my BFF?

Marketing expert Joe Burns calls this Your Cool Friend™ voice. He says while it once stood out, it's the new generic.

More on The indicator podcast: www.npr.org/2025/03/31/1...

Can we still trust the BLS data given all the access to sensitive data by DOGE, the federal terminations, and comments by people like Howard Lutnick that GDP should be re-measured?

Stay tuned for today's podcast of The Indicator from @planetmoney.bsky.social

Why no decrease given all the federal layoffs and business uncertainty?
- Federal employees make up 2% of all workers
- Employment is counted in the middle of the month

Thank you @jamies-house.bsky.social !