Yahoo Finance Chartbook: 50 charts tell the story about markets and the economy right now

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : So although the economy looks like it is in fine shape right now, a less dynamic consumer is likely to cause things to slow in the second half of the year, especially with the added burden of student loan payments restarting."
52% : In addition, we may be on the precipice of a spike in government R&D spending too, on the back of the CHIPS Act and IRA, such that total investment in R&D (both public and private) could be approaching 4% of GDP, or a third greater than at the peak of the Cold War.
52% : As a result, one of our favorite readings on the labor market is withholding taxes - which reflects the amount of taxes that the government collects from employees' paychecks daily.

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