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State of the MIKE Economy - Q3 2025

For Release: October 15, 2025
Update

Correction: the Health Index does cover this quarter

This report records no Health Index data for Q3 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: July 97.9, August 97.6, September 84.8, averaging 93.43. September is the figure worth noting. At 84.8 it is the month activity floored amid relocation upheaval, and it opens the decline that runs through Q4 2025, the weakest quarter in the rebuilt series. This report reads Q3 as a productivity peak with a financial reset underneath it. The health line had already turned down. 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.
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Figures below are as originally published. Updates above describe subsequent restatements and corrections.

Executive Summary

High-growth productivity quarter with major financial restructuring. PPI surged +6.3% to 105 (peak 2025 performance, averaging 101.67), PWI declined -61.4% to 22.9 (August debt refactoring, stabilized with full-time employment), Longform Media Velocity dropped -50% to 5 points (4 pts/month average - focus shifted to career momentum). Quarter marked by productivity peak, financial reset for stability, and reduced leisure engagement.

Key Highlights:

  • • PPI reached 2025 peak at 105, up 6.3% - best productivity quarter of the year
  • • New role momentum in August with dual projects, systems optimization in September
  • • PWI underwent major restructuring: debt refactoring dropped to -3.5, recovered to 22.9 with employment
  • • Longform Media Velocity halved to 5 points as focus shifted to career acceleration
  • • Quarter averaged 101.67 PPI - sustained high productivity through role transition
  • • Three indicators (KBER, SCI, PHI) not yet tracking in Q3 period
  • • Financial reset positioned for long-term stability despite short-term net worth decline

Indicator Scorecard

Productivity Index

Productivity

105.0
↑ +6.3%

Wealth Index

Financial

22.9
↓ -61.4%

Media Velocity

Learning & Growth

5.0
↓ -50.0%

Strategic Outlook

High-growth productivity quarter with major financial restructuring. PPI surged +6.3% to 105 (peak 2025 performance, averaging 101.67), PWI declined -61.4% to 22.9 (August debt refactoring, stabilized with full-time employment), Longform Media Velocity dropped -50% to 5 points (4 pts/month average - focus shifted to career momentum). Quarter marked by productivity peak, financial reset for stability, and reduced leisure engagement.

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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