🌎 Top 15 Most Disliked Countries; Economic Pessimism Hits All-Time High in the USA; The NBA's Highest Scoring Duos
PLUS OpenAI leads the pack in AI funding surge.
Top 15 Most Disliked Countries
From World of Statistics:
POLL: How Trump’s Economic Agenda Is Going So Far
From John Burn-Murdoch at the Financial Times:
📈 #1 Economic uncertainty in the US has surged — now matching the levels last seen during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
📈 #2 Americans are growing more negative about how the government is handling the economy.
📈 #3 More than half of Americans now believe the economy will worsen in the next year — a new record for economic pessimism.
📈 #4 More Americans expect layoffs and job losses over the next 12 months. 📊💼
📉 #5 Only 25% of US adults think they’ll be better off financially in five years—a stark drop in optimism.
📈 #6 Expectations for inflation over the next year have climbed back to peak levels, matching the highs seen during Biden-era price spikes. 🛒
📈 #7 Americans are increasingly hearing negative news about the economy tied to the government.
📉 #8 Trump’s Support Base Is Shrinking (Outside MAGA)
The Highest Scoring Duos in NBA History
From Hoops Nation:
🙌 Payton Pritchard and Derrick White ftw.
OpenAI Fuels an 11-Quarter High in VC Funding
From CB Insights:
This data is from a few days ago but already feels too old to post. Remember last week when the market was booming and M&A was so back? 🤣
Let’s hope these tariffs don’t last too long. I assume all these other countries are gonna call and renegotiate their trade deals. 🤷♂️
🎶 Banger of the Day
RIP J Dilla. One of the GOATs, for sure.
This is one of my favorite beats of his:
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