Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Uncommon Economic Indicators

Common Economic Indicators include things like unemployment, GDP, and inflation. What are some uncommon economic indicators? Extra credit to the most creative one.

Here is one to get you stimulated (econ joke). The number of DVD rentals vs. Box office ticket sales. Is one going up and the other going down in a recession?

5 comments:

leighannalogsdon5 said...

frequency of fine dining vs. number of single men
-Generally, experts (um, girls) say this is a direct correlation.

Jeremy.M.5 said...

The number of shark attacks. Attacks only happen when people are in the water and during a recession, beach vacations become more rare.

Ryan R6 said...

Ramon noodle sales vs. filet minon sales

DaniellePratt2 said...

solar nails vs. glue on nails from walmart.

Sean A.6 said...

football tickets sold v. pay-per-view purchases