Stock Market

The world economy seemed to get a "kick-start" from that Japan hiccup, cuz since then Asia has improved, India, even Europe is up and trucking, and surprisingly Gr Britain all seeing recovery and economic improvement.
U.S. is still the envy of the world,

Recovering in only 2 years since Covid Shutdown.
Good Job

The lower middle class is still struggling, but upper 2/3 of middle class holding up well.
Visa, Walmart, Paychex numbers are favorable, unemployment was lowest if memory serves me.
Now, if we could get some tax money from the proper source . .

The govt in Australia is cracking down on mega stores for price gouging, going after Woolco, and others I can't recall.
I know something similar is going on in other countries, including ours.