Current：Home > reviewsTaking the temperature of the US consumer -Zenith Investment School
Taking the temperature of the US consumer
View
Date：2025-04-15 20:21:03
Economic indicators like the Consumer Price Index can tell us a lot about the past, but what about the future? For close to 80 years, policymakers have relied on the Surveys of Consumers to give them an idea of what the economy might do next. Today on the show, we go behind the curtain at the University of Michigan to meet the people in charge of checking the vibes of the U.S. consumer.
Related Episodes:
How do you measure inflation?
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.
veryGood！ (12387)
Related
- Newly elected West Virginia lawmaker arrested and accused of making terroristic threats
- Man who attacked Las Vegas judge in shocking video faces 13 new charges
- Tax season can be terrifying. Here's everything to know before filing your taxes in 2024.
- Mississippi sheriff's deputy fatally shot during traffic stop; suspect killed by police after chase across 3 counties
- Justice Department, Louisville reach deal after probe prompted by Breonna Taylor killing
- Mississippi sheriff's deputy fatally shot during traffic stop; suspect killed by police after chase across 3 counties
- Another Caitlin Clark triple-double powers No. 3 Iowa women's basketball past Rutgers
- Police officer convicted of killing a Colorado man is set to learn if he will spend time behind bars
- Jamie Foxx gets stitches after a glass is thrown at him during dinner in Beverly Hills
- 'Secret tunnel' project under Virginia home shut down after complaints, TikToker says
Ranking
- 'Squid Game' without subtitles? Duolingo, Netflix encourage fans to learn Korean
- American man, 2 daughters, pilot killed after Caribbean plane crash in Bequia: Authorities
- Vatican concludes former Minnesota archbishop acted imprudently but committed no crimes
- Brazil postpones visa requirements for U.S., Canada and Australia citizens to April
- DeepSeek: Did a little known Chinese startup cause a 'Sputnik moment' for AI?
- Mississippi sheriff's deputy fatally shot during traffic stop; suspect killed by police after chase across 3 counties
- Brian Austin Green Got a Vasectomy After Welcoming Baby With Sharna Burgess
- Tax season can be terrifying. Here's everything to know before filing your taxes in 2024.
Recommendation
Federal Spending Freeze Could Have Widespread Impact on Environment, Emergency Management
Former Milwaukee officer pleads guilty to charge in connection with prisoner’s overdose death
Mississippi sheriff's deputy fatally shot during traffic stop; suspect killed by police after chase across 3 counties
Global food prices declined from record highs in 2022, the UN says. Except for these two staples
Are Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp down? Meta says most issues resolved after outages
U.S. unemployment has been under 4% for the longest streak since the Vietnam War
US fugitive accused of faking his death to avoid rape charge in Utah is extradited from Scotland
What you didn’t see on ‘Golden Wedding’: Gerry Turner actually walked down the aisle twice