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The data and news that made me stop.

Interesting data, timely macro developments, and what I think they are telling us.

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Quick take National Bureau of Statistics of China · January to April 2026

China's Investment Slump: what hides behind the 4.1% yoy movement?

2026-07-05
Long read Artificial Analysis · May 2026

What CFOs Need to Know Before AI Spend Scales

2026-05-02
Quick take Open AI · Apr 2026

The 80% That Stays Human Until It Doesn't

2026-04-21
Quick take Blank, Schubert, and Zhang (Stanford/UCLA/USC) · Mar 2026

The Household Digital Divide AI Is Building

2026-04-08
Quick take Julius Schulte / Artificial Analysis data · March 2026

The price collapse that proves the split

2026-03-26
Quick take Boston Consulting Group · Q4 2025

When a risk becomes ambient, it exits the language of strategy and enters the language of assumption

2026-03-24
Quick take McKinsey Global Institute · November 2025

CHROs planning workforce transitions around these numbers are building on sand

2026-03-20
Quick take Anthropic Economic Index · Mar 2026

Why AI Stalls Where It Should Shine

2026-03-18
Quick take International Monetary Fund (IMF) ·

Short on AI talent? No, Europe shorts on the mobility that would let talent meet opportunity

2026-03-16
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