Current：Home > NewsHigher wages, fewer temp workers and indicators of the year results -Keystone Capital Education
Higher wages, fewer temp workers and indicators of the year results
View
Date：2025-04-18 00:45:45
The U.S. economy added a solid number of jobs, the unemployment rate held steady, and a lot of people got raises. But, today we ask whether fewer temporary workers could mean recession, and whether higher wages might cause interest rates to stay high.
PLUS, we reveal the winners of our Indicator of 2023 and Indicator to watch for 2024.
Related episodes:
The Indicator of the Year (Apple / Spotify)
Predicting next year's economic storylines (Apple / Spotify)
The money illusion
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.
veryGood！ (688)
Related
- The 401(k) millionaires club keeps growing. We'll tell you how to join.
- Meet Keshi, an oncology nurse turned pop star with a massive world tour
- American Airlines has a contract deal with flight attendants, and President Biden is happy about it
- Shannen Doherty's divorce from Kurt Iswarienko was finalized one day before her death
- Meet first time Grammy nominee Charley Crockett
- FACT FOCUS: A look at claims made at the Republican National Convention as Trump accepts nomination
- What to watch: Glen Powell's latest is a real disaster
- Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp journeys to Italy in eighth overseas trip
- Charges tied to China weigh on GM in Q4, but profit and revenue top expectations
- 6 people, including a boy, shot dead in Mexico as mass killings of families persist
Ranking
- US wholesale inflation accelerated in November in sign that some price pressures remain elevated
- Sonya Massey called police for help. A responding deputy shot her in the face.
- West Virginia governor’s bulldog gets her own bobblehead after GOP convention appearance
- Nevada judge who ran for state treasurer pleads not guilty to federal fraud charges
- Macy's says employee who allegedly hid $150 million in expenses had no major 'impact'
- Twisters' Daisy Edgar Jones Ended Up in Ambulance After Smoking Weed
- Carroll Fitzgerald, former Baltimore council member wounded in 1976 shooting, dead at 89
- CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz Apologizes Amid Massive Tech Outage
Recommendation
What were Tom Selleck's juicy final 'Blue Bloods' words in Reagan family
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s Daughter Shiloh Makes Major Move in Name Change Case
Team USA sprinter Quincy Hall fires back at Noah Lyles for 4x400 relay snub
Laneige Is 30% Off Post-Prime Day in Case You Missed Picks From Alix Earle, Sydney Sweeney & More Celebs
EU countries double down on a halt to Syrian asylum claims but will not yet send people back
Drone strike by Yemen’s Houthi rebels kills 1 person and wounds at least 10 in Tel Aviv
Trump pays tribute to Pennsylvania firefighter killed in rally shooting
California judge halts hearing in fight between state agricultural giant and farmworkers’ union