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Nvidia chips for China, frozen Russian funds, and a lot of self-checkout stealing

A man purchases groceries at a self check-out at a supermarket in Washington, DC.

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It’s … Indicators of the Week! Our weekly look at some of the most fascinating economic numbers from the news. 

On today’s episode: Nvidia chips OK’d for China, a sticky frozen Russian asset situation, and a lot of you seem to be stealing from self-checkout. 

Related episodes: The tower of NVIDIA How to get Russia to pay Ukraine Why the U.S. cut China off from advanced chips

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