Bessent's yen bet, cold Argentine data centers set, and the summer box office net

贝森特的日元押注,寒冷的阿根廷数据中心部署,以及夏季票房战绩

The Indicator from Planet Money

2026-09-11

9 分钟
PDF

单集简介 ...

This week’s indicators: Is The U.S. Treasury Department futzing with financial markets?; Is Patagonia’s pretty picturesque setting … for data centers?; Was the summer box office actually swell?  Fact checking by Sierra Juarez. Your Next Listen — A Treasury showdown with the bond market 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
更多

单集文稿 ...

  • NPR.

  • This is the Indicator from Planet Money.

  • I'm Waylon Wong.

  • I'm Ricky Mulvey.

  • And I'm just excited to be here.

  • My name is also Cooper Katsby-Kim, sometimes host, often producer.

  • We are excited to have you too, Cooper, because it is time for Indicators of the Week.

  • Our weekly look at the numbers from the news that made us curious about the economy.

  • This week, we have the U.S.

  • Treasury Department mucking around in financial markets again.

  • I'll tell you about one of the prettiest places in the world to potentially build some data centers.

  • And we break down the box office take for summer movies.

  • Awesome.

  • Another excuse for me to talk about the Odyssey, which I'm seeing for a third time this month after the break.

  • This message comes from Superhuman.

  • Superhuman brings together connected tools like Grammarly, Docs, and Mail into one productivity suite.

  • Built on the idea that low-value tasks crowd out meaningful focus, Superhuman meets teams where they already work.

  • It operates proactively alongside writing and email workflows to help clear what is in the way.

  • Superhuman from the makers of Grammarly.

  • Start streamlining your workflows with Superhuman today at superhuman.com.