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MIKE ECONOMIC DATA

State of the MIKE Economy - Q1 2025

For Release: April 15, 2025
Update

Correction: the Health Index does cover this quarter

This report records no Health Index data for Q1 2025 and states that tracking began in October 2025. That was true of PHI-Classic, the index in publication at the time, whose series starts in October 2025. PHI was rebuilt in July 2026 as PHI 2.0, a four-pillar composite of Recovery, Sleep, Activity and Fitness computed from Mike's Apple Health archive and re-based so 100 equals his 2023 to 2025 normal. That archive reaches back to January 2023, so PHI 2.0 does cover this quarter: January 95.0, February 100.4, March 99.2, averaging 98.20. The quarter ran a little under normal, with no month far from it. This is a correction rather than a restatement. There was no figure in this report to restate; the report recorded an absence, and the absence no longer holds. PHI 2.0 is dated by the month it measures, so these three months are the three months of the reporting period.
PHI 2.0 methodology →

Figures below are as originally published. Updates above describe subsequent restatements and corrections.

Executive Summary

Transitional quarter marked by employment change and strategic repositioning. PPI averaged 95.8 (volatile: 102.5→86.3→98.8), PWI declined -22% (employment transition), Longform Media Velocity strong at 11.3 points/month average. Foundation-setting period with mixed productivity signals and financial adjustment.

Key Highlights:

  • • Strong January productivity (PPI 102.5) followed by February adjustment
  • • Employment transition drove PWI decline of 29% over the quarter
  • • Exceptional reading/viewing in January (20 points) not sustained
  • • March showed recovery signs: PPI back to 98.75, media engagement at 11 points
  • • Three indicators (KBER, SCI, PHI) not yet tracking in Q1 period

Indicator Scorecard

Productivity Index

Productivity

98.8
↓ -3.6%

Wealth Index

Financial

55.7
↓ -28.6%

Media Velocity

Learning & Growth

11.0
↓ -45.0%

Strategic Outlook

Transitional quarter marked by employment change and strategic repositioning. PPI averaged 95.8 (volatile: 102.5→86.3→98.8), PWI declined -22% (employment transition), Longform Media Velocity strong at 11.3 points/month average. Foundation-setting period with mixed productivity signals and financial adjustment.

Methodology & Data Sources

MIKE Economic Data tracks six indicators across productivity, financial, health, social, and intellectual domains. Raw data is collected monthly in CSV format, normalized against established baselines, and snapshotted quarterly for historical comparison. All source data and transformation logic is open-source and publicly auditable.

Open Data

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