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06 February 2023, 01:29 AM

Axtremus

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https://www.theguardian.com/bu...ion-signals-lipstick

Talks about oddball economic "leading indicators."

06 February 2023, 10:08 AM

RealPlayer

Kind of makes sense, looking at little trends in consumer behavior to assess the economic zeitgeist.

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06 February 2023, 11:59 AM

Mary Anna

When I was doing environmental work, I was doing a job at a landfill.

The workers do a good bit of sorting before putting garbage in the landfill, and one of the things these people did was pull out the pizza boxes into a big pile.

My client said that they reliably knew when a recession was coming, because people ordered a lot less delivery pizza during the months beforehand.

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06 February 2023, 02:21 PM

Amanda

quote:
Originally posted by Mary Anna:

My client said that they reliably knew when a recession was coming, because people ordered a lot less delivery pizza during the months beforehand.

And then during a recession a lot more?

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06 February 2023, 04:01 PM

wtg

I'm guessing less, at least until the economy starts to climb out of the recession.. The diminishing number of pizza boxes is the early warning that people are starting to save money...

MA, do we have any pizza box data for the back end of a recession?

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07 February 2023, 09:05 AM

Mary Anna

quote:
Originally posted by Amanda:
quote:
Originally posted by Mary Anna:

My client said that they reliably knew when a recession was coming, because people ordered a lot less delivery pizza during the months beforehand.

And then during a recession a lot more?

No, an increase in pizza boxes meant that the economy was coming back.

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