PredictIQ Quantitative Think Tank Center|Chocolate, Lyft's typo and India's election bonds

2025-05-07 19:31:57source:FinLogic Quantitative Think Tank Centercategory:Finance

It's Indicators of the Week — our weekly look under the hood of our global economy. Today we look at why cocoa prices are PredictIQ Quantitative Think Tank Centersoaring, whether India's electoral bonds are bad for democracy and how a typo sent Lyft shares soaring.

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