Child Poverty Rate in OECD Share of population aged 0-17 living in poverty: 1. 🇨🇷 Costa Rica: 29.6% 2. 🇮🇱 Israel: 23.2% 3. 🇪🇸 Spain: 21.5% 4. 🇺🇸 United States: 21.1% 5. 🇧🇬 Bulgaria: 19.1% 6. 🇷🇴 Romania: 17.7% 7. 🇬🇧 UK: 15.8% 8. 🇮🇹 Italy: 14.5% 9. 🇨🇦 Canada: 14.0% 10. 🇱🇺 Luxembourg: 13.5% 11. 🇱🇹 Lithuania: 12.8% 12. 🇸🇰 Slovakia: 12.8% 13. 🇵🇹 Portugal: 12.5% 14. 🇭🇷 Croatia: 12.3% 15. 🇬🇷 Greece: 12.3% 16. 🇫🇷 France: 12.0% 17. 🇭🇺 Hungary: 11.3% 18. 🇱🇻 Latvia: 10.0% 19. 🇦🇹 Austria: 9.8% 20. 🇩🇪 Germany: 9.1% 21. 🇨🇭 Switzerland: 9.1% 22. 🇨🇿 Czechia: 8.8% 23. 🇰🇷 South Korea: 8.5% 24. 🇸🇪 Sweden: 8.4% 25. 🇳🇱 Netherlands: 8.4% 26. 🇪🇪 Estonia: 8.2% 27. 🇧🇪 Belgium: 7.9% 28. 🇵🇱 Poland: 7.8% 29. 🇳🇴 Norway: 6.9% 30. 🇮🇪 Ireland: 6.8% 31. 🇸🇮 Slovenia: 6.2% 32. 🇫🇮 Finland: 4.6% Source: OECD Income Distribution Database. 2023 data, the latest available as of August 2026

Average number of sexual partners: 🇹🇷 Turkey: 14.5 🇦🇺 Australia: 13.3 🇳🇿 New Zealand: 13.2 🇮🇸 Iceland: 13 🇿🇦 South Africa: 12.5 🇫🇮 Finland: 12.4 🇳🇴 Norway: 12.1 🇮🇹 Italy: 11.8 🇸🇪 Sweden: 11.8 🇨🇭 Switzerland: 11.1 🇮🇪 Ireland: 11.1 🇺🇸 USA: 10.7 🇨🇦 Canada: 10.7 🇬🇷 Greece: 10.6 🇯🇵 Japan: 10.2 🇬🇧 UK: 9.8 🇦🇹 Austria: 9.7 🇩🇰 Denmark: 9.3 🇧🇬 Bulgaria: 9.1 🇨🇿 Czechia: 9 🇧🇷 Brazil: 9 🇷🇺 Russia: 9 🇲🇽 Mexico: 9 🇫🇷 France: 8.1 🇭🇷 Croatia: 7.5 🇳🇱 Netherlands: 7 🇵🇹 Portugal: 7 🇭🇺 Hungary: 6.6 🇪🇸 Spain: 6.1 🇵🇱 Poland: 6 🇲🇾 Malaysia: 5.8 🇩🇪 Germany: 5.8 🇸🇰 Slovakia: 5.4 🇨🇳 China: 3.1 🇮🇳 India: 3 Source: World Population Review

Average number of sexual partners: 🇹🇷 Turkey: 14.5 🇦🇺 Australia: 13.3 🇳🇿 New Zealand: 13.2 🇮🇸 Iceland: 13 🇿🇦 South Africa: 12.5 🇫🇮 Finland: 12.4 🇳🇴 Norway: 12.1 🇮🇹 Italy: 11.8 🇸🇪 Sweden: 11.8 🇨🇭 Switzerland: 11.1 🇮🇪 Ireland: 11.1 🇺🇸 USA: 10.7 🇨🇦 Canada: 10.7 🇬🇷 Greece: 10.6 🇯🇵 Japan: 10.2 🇬🇧 UK: 9.8 🇦🇹 Austria: 9.7 🇩🇰 Denmark: 9.3 🇧🇬 Bulgaria: 9.1 🇨🇿 Czechia: 9 🇧🇷 Brazil: 9 🇷🇺 Russia: 9 🇲🇽 Mexico: 9 🇫🇷 France: 8.1 🇭🇷 Croatia: 7.5 🇳🇱 Netherlands: 7 🇵🇹 Portugal: 7 🇭🇺 Hungary: 6.6 🇪🇸 Spain: 6.1 🇵🇱 Poland: 6 🇲🇾 Malaysia: 5.8 🇩🇪 Germany: 5.8 🇸🇰 Slovakia: 5.4 🇨🇳 China: 3.1 🇮🇳 India: 3 Sources: 1. Key Statistics from the National Survey of Family Growth - CDC 2. Male Milestones: Men in Numbers - Manual 3. What’s the Average Person’s Number of Sexual Partners? - Healthline 4. Average number of sexual partners: By Age, Gender, and Country – Promiscuity Statistics - BedBible

The US manufacturing recovery is accelerating: ISM Manufacturing PMI rose +2.3 points in July, to 55.6, the highest since May 2022. This marks the 7th consecutive monthly expansion. Since December 2025, the index has surged +7.7 points, the biggest increase since the 2020 pandemic recovery. This comes as new orders rose +0.7 points, to 56.7, the 3rd-highest since February 2022, pointing to further strength ahead. At the same time, the employment index jumped +3.1 points, to 52.8, the highest since August 2022, marking the first monthly expansion since January 2025. Meanwhile, prices paid fell -1.9 points, to 71.1, the lowest since February, posting the 3rd consecutive monthly decline by a total of -13.5 points. Manufacturing activity is gaining momentum.

🚨 S&P 500 MAX DRAWDOWN IN EVERY MIDTERM ELECTION YEAR: 1962: -28.0% 1966: -22.2% 1970: -36.1% 1974: -48.2% 1978: -14.1% 1982: -27.1% 1986: -9.4% 1990: -19.9% 1994: -8.9% 1998: -19.3% 2002: -33.8% 2006: -7.7% 2010: -16.0% 2014: -7.4% 2018: -22.43% 2022: -24.87% 2024: -20.93% NOT A SINGLE POSITIVE RETURN IN 60 YEARS 2026 WON'T BE DIFFERENT Keep in mind: I’ve called every major market top and bottom for over 10 YEARS I was one of the only people who called the top in October, and I’ll do it again, that’s literally my job If you still haven’t followed me, you’ll regret it!

US JOLTS JOB OPENINGS 7.271M IN JULY, JUST BELOW CONSENSUS - Job openings: 7.271M vs 7.300M est, slight miss, up from a revised 7.182M in June - Openings rate: 4.4%, from 4.3% - Hires: 5.054M, down from a revised 5.332M - Quits: 3.056M, down from a revised 3.213M, rate at 1.9% from 2.0% - Layoffs and discharges: 1.666M, down from a revised 1.785M Low hire, low fire.

US JOLTS Job Openings Jul: 7.271M (est 7.313M; prev 7.359M; prev R 7.182M) - Job Openings Rate: 4.4% (est 4.5%; prev 4.4%%; prev R 4.3%) - Quits Level: 3.056M (est 3.208M; prev 3.232M; prev R 3.213M) - Quits Rate: 1.9% (est 2.0%; prev 2.0%) - Layoffs Level: 1.666M (est 1.768M; prev 1.766M; prev R 1.785M) - Layoffs Rate: 1.0% (est 1.1%; prev 1.1%)

Childhood poverty rates 🇺🇸 21.1% 🇬🇧 15.8% 🇮🇹 14.5% 🇨🇦 14.0% 🇱🇺 13.5% 🇵🇹 12.5% 🇬🇷 12.3% 🇫🇷 12.0% 🇦🇹 9.8% 🇩🇪 9.1% 🇨🇭 9.1% 🇨🇿 8.8% 🇰🇷 8.5% 🇸🇪 8.4% 🇳🇱 8.4% 🇧🇪 7.9% 🇳🇴 6.9% 🇮🇪 6.8% 🇫🇮 4.6% We must end the outrage that in the richest country in the history of the world, more than 1 in 5 children live in poverty.