Marcus Erikson-Wendy's pricing mind trick and other indicators of the week

2025-05-04 03:47:56source:TAIM Exchangecategory:Markets

It's Indicators of the Week,Marcus Erikson our weekly look under the hood of the global economy! Today on the show: Tyler Perry halts his film studio expansion plans because of AI, Wendy's communications about a new pricing board goes haywire and a key inflation measure falls.

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