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Go to the communityThe week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov · No. 22 in the world
Growth, recession, rates and the outlook.
A third what people search for on Google, a third what they read on Wikipedia, a third what the news covers: attention, not market size. Games, for one, are played far more than they’re searched for or read about. How it’s measured
The leading theme in 1 country:
Saudi Arabia
Where it splits peopleEconomic growth ↔ Protecting the planetHope ↔ Fear
Where the economy is heading · this week
Its average share of each country’s daily top 40 this week
It counts places on the daily charts (searches, apps, music, Netflix, Steam…), not people or money; some kinds of things have their own chart (games: Steam). How it’s measured
What its reading is made of this week, part by part
Total100.0%
Select a part to open it or see what people read in it
Share of Wikipedia reading in the world, 7 – 13 Nov · 62.1k page views · Open in the explorer
Every area’s share of its reading this week; this theme’s in colour
Total100.0%
In colour: counted in this theme
Share of Wikipedia reading in the world, 7 – 13 Nov · 27.8m page views · Open in the explorer
Its share of each country’s attention this week
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Its share of each country’s attention, against the world’s
Phrases new or growing in this week’s English-language headlines, against the 8 weeks before
external debt · World Bank · Pakistan external
New14 headlines · 14 outlets
Pakistan's external debt nearly doubles to $135.1 billion in a decade: World Bank reportprokerala.com
AGOA
New7 headlines · 7 outlets
South Africa seeks bilateral U.S. trade deal following AGOA exclusionfreshplaza.com
Tinubu
New5 headlines · 5 outlets
HURIWA Warns National Assembly To Block Tinubu's Fresh Loans, Says Nigeria Will Mortgage Unborn Generations With…saharareporters.com
drive economic growth
New4 headlines · 4 outlets
Unlocking N1.079trn capital to drive economic growththesun.ng
fiscal deficit
New4 headlines · 4 outlets
Centre likely to target FY28 fiscal deficit at 4.2–4.3% of GDP in Budget 2027moneycontrol.com
US midterm · midterm elections · election results
Rising24 headlines · 21 outlets
Democrats · Tariff Rollback · Congress
Rising13 headlines · 12 outlets
US Midterms: Trump Loses Congress, Democrats Eye Tariff Rollback, Probes And Impeachment Moveswn.com
third-quarter · Kosmos Energy
Rising5 headlines · 4 outlets
Kosmos Energy Announces Third Quarter 2026 Resultsmanilatimes.net
The stories and events behind this week
Where the economy is heading
Where the economy is heading · this week
Its tone against its usual, and each feeling against the average news
As usual
Tone −0.93 · usual −0.99
Each bar compares a feeling with the average news here; the tick marks the average.
Kazakhstan
Guatemala
Costa Rica
Cyprus
Dominican Republic
Algeria
Spain
Iraq
Norway
Slovenia
United States
United Kingdom
Japan
Bulgaria
Romania
Belgium
Lithuania
Canada
Hungary
Czechia
Ghana
Greece