Underwear Sales

Underwear Sales And Other Offbeat Economic Indicators

Mental Floss | David Moye | Posted 02.05.2012

Unemployment and inflation are only two figures that we can look at to tell us how the economy is faring. Believe it or not, underwear sales, Waffl...

The Latest Economic Indicator: Sales Of 'Miraculous' Bras

AP | RACHEL BECK | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — Attention armchair economists: You don't need spreadsheets to get a handle on how this year's holiday shopping season is going. Just keep...

Jason Linkins

WaPo Jumps On "Underwear As Economic Indicator" Beat

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

The Washington Post has some good news for everyone during these recessionary times: your recovery may be jobless, but more and more, people are buyin...

Sam Stein

Men's Underwear Sales, Greenspan's Economic Metric, Reveal Crisis

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

With reporting by Arthur Delaney As chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan was known for using quirky, proletariat metrics to judge the temp...