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

NPR | By Wailin Wong,

Nick Fountain, Darian Woods, Angel Carreras, Kate Concannon

Published December 13, 2024 at 8:27 AM EST

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!

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Wailin Wong

Wailin Wong is a co-host of The Indicator from Planet Money.

Nick Fountain

Nick Fountain is a reporter and co-host of Planet Money.

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Darian Woods

Darian Woods is a co-host of The Indicator from Planet Money.

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Angel Carreras

Angel Carreras is an assistant producer for The Indicator from Planet Money. He is a Bakersfield-raised, Cal State Long Beach graduate. He previously worked at KCRW, the NPR member station in Los Angeles. He has produced award-winning and character-driven work, with subjects that have included masked puppeteers, mutual aid groups, and community activists.

Kate Concannon

Kate Concannon is the Supervising Senior Editor at The Indicator from Planet Money. She leads this small, collaborative team of hosts, reporters and producers in making sense of crucial, but often complex and confusing, economic news in just 10 minutes a day.