The Fed cuts rates, America's FICO dips, and forever ends for sweepstakes winners

美联储降息,美国FICO评分下降,抽奖赢家永别了

The Indicator from Planet Money

2025-09-19

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It’s … Indicators of the Week! Our weekly look at some of the most fascinating economic numbers from the news.  On today’s show: A rate cut and drama at the Federal Reserve, the average American gets a little less creditworthy, and those giant check sweepstakes winners? Well, they might have to get a job soon.  Related episodes: Why an aggressive rate cut could backfire on Trump Trump's unprecedented attack on the Fed What goes into a credit score?  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. Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • NPR. This is The Indicator from Planet Money.

  • I'm Waylon Wong.

  • I'm Adrian Ma, and joining us today is a little surprise guest, producer, Cooper Katz McKim.

  • I am here.

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  • Darian Woods, I've taken his role.

  • Oh, doing the accent work.

  • Darian, is that you?

  • You know, I don't think people will know the difference.

  • We'll find out, even though I just said who I was.

  • Well, Adrian and Cooper, this is a special day, not just because Cooper is here filling in.

  • It is Indicators of the Week.

  • Ah, the crowd goes wild.

  • We have looked at interesting numbers in the news this week,

  • and we are here to tell you all about them.

  • Today on the show, the Federal Reserve finally cuts interest rates.

  • America's credit score goes down and sweepstakes winners may have to go get a day job.

  • That is after the break.

  • It is indicators of the week.

  • The Federal Reserve cut interest rates this week for the first time since December.