Most valuable and strongest automotive brands in 2024:

1. Mercedes-Benz 🇩🇪
2. Tesla 🇺🇸
3. Toyota 🇯🇵
4. Porsche 🇩🇪
5. BMW 🇩🇪
6. VW 🇩🇪
7. Honda 🇯🇵
8. Hyundai 🇰🇷
9. Ford 🇺🇸
10. Audi 🇩🇪

According to Brand Finance

🇵🇱 Inflation Rate MoM Prel (Apr)
Actual: 1%
Previous: 0.2%

🇮🇹 GDP Growth Rate QoQ Adv (Q1)
Actual: 0.3%
Expected: 0.1%
Previous: 0.1%

🇩🇪 Unemployment Change (Apr)
Actual: 10K
Expected: 7K
Previous: 4K

Average salaries across Europe, 2023:

🇱🇺 Luxembourg: €47.2 / hour
🇩🇰 Denmark: €42.0
🇳🇴 Norway: €41.7
🇮🇸 Iceland: €39.5
🇧🇪 Belgium: €36.3
🇮🇪 Ireland: €33.5
🇳🇱 Netherlands: €33.0
🇩🇪 Germany: €31.6
🇫🇮 Finland: €30.5
🇦🇹 Austria: €30.0
🇫🇷 France: €28.7
🇸🇪 Sweden: €26.3
🇸🇮 Slovenia: €21.9
🇮🇹 Italy: €21.5
🇪🇸 Spain: €18.2
🇱🇹 Lithuania: €14.0
🇵🇹 Portugal: €13.7
🇨🇿 Czechia: €13.6
🇪🇪 Estonia: €13.6
🇬🇷 Greece: €12.6
🇸🇰 Slovakia: €12.5
🇵🇱 Poland: €11.9
🇭🇺 Hungary: €11.0
🇱🇻 Latvia: €10.7
🇷🇴 Romania: €10.4
🇧🇬 Bulgaria: €8.1

According to Eurostat

Top private equity firms by country:

🇺🇸 Blackstone: $126 billion
🇸🇪 EQT: $102 billion
🇬🇧 Hg: $51 billion
🇱🇺 CVC Capital Partners: $42 billion
🇨🇦 Brookfield Asset Management: $31 billion
🇨🇭 Partners Group: $27 billion
🇭🇰 Hillhouse Capital Group: $26 billion
🇫🇷 PAI Parterns: $24 billion
🇨🇳 China Reform Fund Management Corp: $17 billion
🇳🇱 Waterland Private Equity: $9 billion

*Capital raised over past 5 years ending March 2023
According to Private Equity International

🇺🇸 Employment Cost Index
Actual: 1.2%
Expected: 1.0%
Previous: 0.9%

🇨🇦 GDP m/m
Actual: 0.2%
Expected: 0.3%
Previous: 0.6%

*COCA-COLA TOPS EARNINGS ESTIMATES THANKS TO STRONG GLOBAL DEMAND, HIKES REVENUE OUTLOOK ON HIGHER PRICES

*MCDONALD'S EARNINGS MISS ESTIMATES AS DINERS PULL BACK, MIDDLE EAST BOYCOTT HIT SALES

⚠️ Amazon $AMZN Reports Earnings Today!

Here's What To Know:

- Q1 EPS Est.: $0.83 (+167.7 Y/Y)
- Q1 Revenue Est.: $142.5B (+6.1% Y/Y)

IMF 2024 growth forecast:

🇮🇳 India: 6.8%
🇨🇳 China: 4.6%
🇳🇬 Nigeria: 3.3%
🇷🇺 Russia: 3.2%
🇺🇸 USA: 2.7%
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 2.6%
🇲🇽 Mexico: 2.4%
🇧🇷 Brazil: 2.2%
🇪🇸 Spain: 1.9%
🇨🇦 Canada: 1.2%
🇿🇦 South Africa: 0.9%
🇯🇵 Japan: 0.9%
🇫🇷 France: 0.7%
🇮🇹 Italy: 0.7%
🇬🇧 UK: 0.5%
🇩🇪 Germany: 0.2%
World of Statistics 📊

Personal Income Tax Rate:

🇰🇾 Cayman Islands: 0%
🇧🇸 Bahamas: 0%
🇧🇭 Bahrain: 0%
🇧🇲 Bermuda: 0%
🇧🇳 Brunei: 0%
🇰🇼 Kuwait: 0%
🇴🇲 Oman: 0%
🇶🇦 Qatar: 0%
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 0%
🇦🇪 UAE: 0%

(TradingEconomics)

World's Most Admired Companies 2024:

1.🇺🇸 Apple
2.🇺🇸 Microsoft
3.🇺🇸 Amazon
4.🇺🇸 Berkshire Hathaway
5.🇺🇸 JPMorgan Chase
6.🇺🇸 Costco Wholesale
7.🇺🇸 Alphabet
8.🇺🇸 American Express
9.🇺🇸 Walmart
10.🇺🇸 Nvidia

(Fortune)

Gold: -0.98%
Oil - US Crude: -0.99%
Silver: -1.86%

FTSE 100: 0.30%
US 500: -0.32%
Wall Street: -0.34%
France 40: -0.42%
Germany 40: -0.67%

🇺🇸 CB Consumer Confidence
Actual: 97.0
Expected: 104.0
Previous: 104.7

🇦🇺AUD: -1.15%
🇨🇭CHF: 0.77%
🇬🇧GBP: -0.44%
🇨🇦CAD: 0.67%
🇳🇿NZD: -1.11%
🇯🇵JPY: 0.74%
🇪🇺EUR: -0.34%

*CRYPTOS PLUNGE AFTER HONG KONG ETFS LAUNCH MET WITH TEPID DEMAND

*STARBUCKS PLUNGES 10% IN AFTER HOURS AFTER Q1 EARNINGS MISS AMID WEAK U.S., CHINA SALES