 Hello and welcome to the Minor Issues Podcast. I'm Mark Thornton at the Mises Institute. We don't have a new podcast this week. We've done about a half of a year's worth of podcasts. And so today I'd like to invite you to explore the archives of the past episodes of the Minor Issues Podcast. What we cover here is not insignificant things about the economy, but things that are generally missing from the mainstream media but that are nevertheless very important for you to know. We cover things about the economy and very much related to investing in the economy. Now of course I'm not an investment advisor whatsoever. These are just little hints for you and with the sincere hope that we all learn something about the economy in the process. Now of course we cover incidental things like toilet paper and electric vehicles. But we also cover things that are really vitally important to the economy like the US dollar and its value, its purchasing power, and then things that are very important to households out there throughout the country like housing, housing prices and so forth. But we generally are concerned with macroeconomic issues because they describe the macroeconomy and are very important for investing. We look at for example interest rates. There are many episodes about the business cycle. We cover some episodes about the banking industry. We have three podcasts about gold. And then of course inflation is a regular topic and just about every episode touches on government statistics of one sort or another and other market indicators. So I invite you today to explore the archives to send us your questions or suggestions. This is the Minor Issues Podcast. I'm Mark Thornton from the Mises Institute.