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On today's podcast:
(1) Grocery Prices drop for the first time in three years as the UK braces for crunch inflation data.

(2) Sunak tries to rebuild the Conservatives corporate credentials with a business council of top bosses

(3) Goldman says an inverted US yield curve doesn't mean a recession is coming this time.

(4) Microsoft and Activision close to doing their $69 billion deal but not before today's deadline. 

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Right now, the economy is all over the place. And when things get confusing, we look to basic economic indicators to help explain what's going on. Today, we're bringing you two episodes of our daily show The Indicator that focus on the bond market.

The market for U.S. treasury bonds is generally safe, predictable and pretty boring. Recently, though, it's been anything but. We look into the fluctuations in bond prices and the yield curve (one of our favorite indicators) to try to help us understand where the economy stands right now.

These two Indicator episodes were originally produced by Brittany Cronin and Noah Glick. They were fact-checked by Sierra Juarez and engineered by Gilly Moon and Katherine Silva. Kate Concannon edits The Indicator.

The Planet Money version was produced by Dylan Sloan and edited by Dave Blanchard.

Music: "Funk Lounge," "A Fulltime Job" and "Velvet Groove."

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Your morning briefing. The news you need in just 15 minutes.
On today's podcast:

1) Jamie Dimon and Janet Yellen give a lifeline to First Republic

2) Credit Suisse opposes a combination with UBS

3) Clients pull $8 billion out of Charles Schwab funds  

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