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

In this episode of The Indicator from Planet Money, Darian Woods, Wailin Wong, and Steven Basaja discuss three economic indicators of the week. First, they discuss the U.S. government allowing Nvidia to sell H200 chips to China and the debate around the decision. Second, they talk about the European Union considering lending $192 billion to Ukraine, addressing the financial and political complexities involved, including frozen Russian assets and disagreements among EU members. Finally, they discuss a LendingTree survey indicating that 27% of shoppers admit to intentionally not scanning items at self-checkout, exploring the motivations behind this behavior, such as financial hardship and the perception of self-checkout as unpaid labor, and the retailers' responses to increased shoplifting.