Why this matters today
Five straight days above 70. R-Word Index at 71 — High Concern. What stands out: people are not writing about markets or tariffs. They are writing about whether they can afford groceries this month. That is a different kind of worry. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/r-word-index-recession-pulse/id6760947480 #Recession
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How this compares
A week earlier the index was 64. That's a rise of 9 points over seven days.
The last two weeks
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