Trump and truckers, Poland prospers, and a booming ant biz

It’s Indicators of the Week (now on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@planetmoney" target="_blank">YouTube</a>!). It’s our weekly look at some of the most fascinating economic numbers from the news. <br /><br />On today’s episode: The Trump administration cracks down on immigrant truck drivers, Poland becomes a top-twenty economy, and the booming business of … ant smuggling? <br /><br /><strong>Related episodes: </strong><br /><a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/03/17/nx-s1-5749289/a-trucker-a-farmer-and-an-entrepreneur-walk-into-a-global-supply-shock" target="_blank">A trucker, a farmer, and an entrepreneur walk into a global supply shock</a> <br /><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2009/07/poland.html" target="_blank">You Could Always Go To Poland</a> <br /><a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/03/18/nx-s1-5751251/amazon-brazil-forest-fish-aquarium-trade" target="_blank">The little pet fish that saved a town in the Amazon</a> <br /><br /><em>For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at </em><a href="http://plus.npr.org/" target="_blank"><em>plus.npr.org</em></a><em>.</em> <em>Fact-checking by Julia Ritchey and Vito Emanuel. Music by </em><a href="https://dropelectric.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank"><em>Drop Electric</em></a><em>. Find us: </em><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@planetmoney" target="_blank"><em>TikTok</em></a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/planetmoney/" target="_blank"><em>Instagram</em></a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/planetmoney" target="_blank"><em>Facebook</em></a>, <a href="https://www.npr.org/newsletter/money" target="_blank"><em>Newsletter</em></a><em>. </em><br /><br />See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>