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  N-P-R.

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  Hey, Robert, what are you reading there?

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  Oh, I'm looking for some new clothes.

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  I want to improve my fit.

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  Okay, I think the kids call it a glow up.

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  But I see it's not a fashion magazine that you're holding there.

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  It's a very unfashionable beige book.

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  The beige book, our favorite obscure government report, sure.

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  But the idea of the beige book is to report on current economic conditions.

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  And if you look hard enough, there is indeed a lot of interesting anecdotes in here about clothing

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  and accessories and the retail business.

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  And you're sure you won't just end up with more beige khakis and tan shirts?

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  I do work in radio, so.

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  Probably.

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  It's the Beigy Awards.

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  Our eight times a year salute to the art and science of telling stories about the economy.

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  I'm Robert Smith.

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  And I'm Adrian Ma.

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  The devil may wear Prada, but we take our fashion tips from the economists.

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  And they 're seeing some worrying trends in the consumer economy,

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