State of the MIKE Economy - Q2 2025

For Release: July 15, 2025

UpdateJuly 22, 2026

Correction: the Health Index does cover this quarter

This report records no Health Index data for Q2 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: April 104.6, May 111.7, June 93.1, averaging 103.13. May was strong on activity and recovery; June gave most of it back on soft sleep. At 103.13 this is the strongest quarter of 2025 on the rebuilt index. The report reads Q2 as a stabilization quarter on the strength of PPI and PWI alone, and it was also the year's healthiest stretch. 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

Stabilization quarter following Q1 employment transition. PPI flat at 98.75 (stable productivity averaging 97.92), PWI recovered +6.5% to 59.3 (volatile April spike from shareholder purchase), Longform Media Velocity strong at 12 points/month average. Foundation solidified with contract work focus and consistent intellectual engagement.

Key Highlights:

• PPI remained stable at 98.75, consistent productivity through contract work
• PWI recovered 6.5% with volatile spike to 91.2 in April (shareholder purchase)
• Longform Media Velocity sustained at 12 points/month average (April 12, May 14, June 10)
• Quarter marked stabilization after Q1 transition - finding sustainable rhythm
• Three indicators (KBER, SCI, PHI) not yet tracking in Q2 period
• Contract work intensive period established foundation for future growth

Indicator Scorecard

Productivity Index

Productivity

98.8

→ +0.0%

Wealth Index

Financial

59.3

↑ +6.5%

Media Velocity

Learning & Growth

10.0

↓ -9.1%

Strategic Outlook

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.

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