OpenAI's waiting game, gas pump pain, and severe sulfur strain!

开智的耐心等待,加油站之苦,以及严重的硫磺压力!

The Indicator from Planet Money

2026-09-18

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This week’s indicators: Tracking your pain at the gas pump in real-time; OpenAI’s IPO hard-launch tug-of-war; one unexpected ingredient is making fertilizer—and potentially your groceries—a whole lot more expensive. Fact checking by Schuyler Swenson. Your Next Listen — What Iran teaches us about why wars start Connect with The Indicator — Sign up for The Indicator’s weekly newsletter! — Buy the Planet Money book — Find our socials, YouTube and more! — For sponsor-free episodes, subscribe to NPR+ Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy
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  • This is the Indicator from Planet Money.

  • I'm Waylon Wong.

  • I'm Cooper Katz McKim.

  • And I'm Ricky Mulvey.

  • You guys, it's already been a roller coaster of a week.

  • The Fed hiked interest rates by 25 basis points on Wednesday.

  • And if that's how Hump Day was handled, one can only assume

  • that this will be quite an eventful Indicators of the Week.

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  • On today's show, we have a real-time tracker for gas costs that might make you cry.

  • OpenAI doesn't want to go public for safety, allegedly.

  • And fertilizer has a sulfur problem.

  • It's getting a little pricey.

  • That's all after the break.

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