Group 1 - Alphabet's Chief Information Officer stated that the skills gap in the U.S. workforce puts the country at a disadvantage [1] - IBM's CEO Cohen expressed an optimistic outlook on the future direction of the U.S. economy [2] - State Street's CEO O'Hanley described the tariff policy as "chaotic" [3] Group 2 - The Director of the Congressional Budget Office still expects the debt ceiling to be reached by late summer [4] - Wamco's Chief Investment Officer Buchanan believes the likelihood of the U.S. economy entering a major recession is very low [5]