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Trump: “we have a good relationship with Iran right now as hard as it is the believe.” 😂😂😂

German workers take more sick days than the EU average (EU ~8/year)

@nypost German workers take more sick days than the EU average (EU ~8/year)

Germany eyes harsher sick leave rules to save economy from absenteeism epidemic trib.al/CYukcED

Spain is capturing the Tier 1 manufacturing that used to go to Germany or France.

The "middle-class wealthy": Households with $1 million-$3 million who are financially secure but still rely on active income. In 1996, $1 million was equivalent to ~$2.05 million today, adjusted for inflation. It's now worth ~$480k.

@washingtonpost The "middle-class wealthy."

The average net worth in the U.S. is over $1 million per household, Federal Reserve data shows. But many American millionaires don’t feel rich. Rising costs have chipped away at the value of $1 million, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. wapo.st/4ste8Ss

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 The U.S. will enforce strict visa bans on individuals aiding Russia and China in the Western Hemisphere.

War accelerates everyday

@SteveRattner @Morning_Joe War times ahead.

The Trump budget is historic.   For the first time in recent history, the government would spend a larger share of its annual budget on defense than on domestic programs.   @Morning_Joe

@MichaelAArouet Europe isn't a country. It's not like the US.

Longer closure of the Strait of Hormuz would impact the US economy, but it would decimate European and Asian economies. Europe has more to lose than the US, yet it just keeps debating and does nothing. The left even celebrates staying away. How can one be so naive?

160 miles from Taiwan, the Luzon Economic Corridor is becoming the new high-tech frontline. This move solves a decades-old vulnerability, shortening supply lines and hardening America’s position in the face of Chinese dominance.

JUST IN: Taiwan just passed the UK in market cap 🇹🇼 Taiwan Cap: $4.14T. 🇬🇧 UK Cap: $4.09T.

🇺🇸 The US has moved away from its pure free-market tradition. The 2026 CBO forecast puts federal spending at $7.4 trillion (23.3% of GDP). When you add state/local spending, the total is roughly 38%, driven by the $1.9 trillion deficit used to fund the CHIPS and IRA industrial transitions. 🇪🇺 Europe has hit a competitiveness-wall and is aggressively trying to liberalize its market to fund its social model. The goal is to eliminate 25% of the administrative burden on businesses. They have already identified over €11 billion in annual savings through the Omnibus deregulation packages.

The US model produces incredible dynamism because the price of failure is so high that it forces constant work and innovation. But the price of that dynamism is more anxiety. Finland pays for peace of mind, but the price is often lower economic growth and higher barriers for outsiders to enter the system. The better equilibrium is the one that provides enough security to prevent a revolution, but enough insecurity to prevent stagnation. Every country on that chart is just trying to find where that line sits for their own culture.

📊 How much do governments spend, and what do they spend it on? In the chart, we see total government spending broken down by purpose, such as health, education, and defense, relative to the size of the economy (as measured by GDP). This is shown for a selection of OECD countries. How much governments spend varies quite a lot across OECD countries: in France it’s 57% of GDP, while in Chile it’s less than half that (28%). Keep in mind that these are relative shares, not absolute amounts. GDP itself varies considerably across countries, so the same percentage can represent very different sums depending on the size of a country’s economy. For some categories, such as social protection — which includes things like pensions, unemployment benefits, disability support, and other benefits — the difference across countries is relatively large. For example, it’s 26% in Finland compared to 7.9% in the US. In other categories, such as public services — which include things like paying interest on government debt, the running of core government functions, and foreign aid — the share is more similar across countries. This data comes from the OECD’s Government at a Glance dataset, which covers 47 countries. Our colleague @parriagadap recently updated our charts with the latest release.

🚨 Record Broken: S&P 500 ($SPX) hits 7,050

@WatcherGuru If you invested $10k in the S&P 500 in 2000, you'd still have $80k–$90k, even after dot-com crash & 2008.

JUST IN: S&P 500 $SPX reaches new all-time high of 7,050

🇺🇸 Trump announces 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon