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Bizarre and unusual economic indicators

Business Savvy
August 22, 2012 by Peter Economy

As I have mentioned a couple of times before, I'm a huge fan of infographics. As the U.S. economy remains on the critical list, with no quick fix in sight, it seems to me that it's probably as good a time as any to look outside the box for economic indicators that might give us some hint of the future.

I ran across the below infographic of novelty economic indicators and indexes in a recent post on the MintLife blog, a site maintained by online financial services company Mint.com. Included in this infographic is the vaunted Skinny Tie Index, the fabled Liposuction Indicator, and the ever-popular Big Mac Index.

What do you think? Do any of these ring true to you? Any others you would add?

 

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