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Many economists continue to rely on topline macroeconomic indicators, despite privately acknowledging that affordability challenges — such as high rent, expensive child care and rising daily costs —remain central personal concerns.

That’s because the topline numbers about the job market are, for all the chaos in America, pretty rosy.

"Even when you do a Google search it includes an AI overview, while some emails have a topline summary, So now it almost feels like we have no control. How do I turn all that off? It's snowballing."

If you just go by the topline 2024 presidential election returns, it’s not obvious they should be.

“The often ‘one-time’ nature of sales involving the company’s saliva collection kits resulted in a shrinking customer base and declining topline revenues,” Chief Restructuring Officer Matthew Kvarda told Bloomberg.