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Originally Posted by marichiko
Well, here's my own very small economic indicator. I sell flowers on every major holiday.
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Another litmus test, although a strange one: One of the media outlets mentioned some years ago that the purchase of pets were a very good economic indicator of consumer confidence. In the mid 90s, major cities saw an explosion of "dog bakeries". These niche shops baked cookies, pastries, and cakes that were exclusively for man's best friend. Once the downtown hit, nearly all of them evaporated.
These days, they're starting to return. And when people start buying
16oz of filtered water in a disposable bowl for their dog, I suppose the outlook must be pretty damn good.