ICE is bad for business, heat is bad for coffee, and sci-fi is bad for markets

It’s … Indicators of the Week (now on YouTube!), our weekly look at some of the most fascinating economic numbers from the news. <br/><br/>On today’s episode: How Minnesota workers were affected by Operation Metro Surge, why coffee’s getting more expensive, and what happens when a <a href="https://www.citriniresearch.com/p/2028gic"target="_blank" >sci-fi AI scenario meets the stock market</a>. <br/><br/><strong>Related episodes:</strong><br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/07/03/1255164459/ice-crackdown-jobs-friday-report"target="_blank" >How ICE crackdowns are affecting the workforce</a><br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/02/19/nx-s1-5718368/why-this-rural-town-wants-an-ice-facility"target="_blank" >Why this rural town wants an ICE facility</a> <br/><br/><em>For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from …