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A supermarket beef, a quantum leap, and Christmas trees for cheap

DEC 13, 202410 MIN
The Indicator from Planet Money

A supermarket beef, a quantum leap, and Christmas trees for cheap

DEC 13, 202410 MIN

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It's the most wonderful time of year, er, week, because it's that time when we look at the most fascinating economic numbers from the news.

On today's Indicators of the Week: A messy grocery store breakup, a quantum leap in subatomic computing and an unexpected change to the Christmas tree market.

Happy holidays!

Related Episodes:
The Efficient Christmas: Why Economists Hate Gifts
We buy a lot of Christmas trees
Can an old law bring down grocery prices?

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