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Bankruptcy, basketball, and bringing the dollar down

5:48pm July 19, 2024

It's Indicators of the Week! We cover the numbers in the news that you should know about. This week, we cover climbing corporate bankruptcies, J.D. Vance's potential to bring the dollar down, and the NBA's new super serious salary cap.

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