Spending on snacks, underwear, small liquor bottles and flights are just some of the odder economic measures that are used to determine the health of the economy.
While many will turn to the stock market or employment rate, they aren’t the only indicators experts will use. There are some more, well, odd, areas professional and air-chair economists will track to see if it indicates consumers are pulling back on their discretionary spending, which means a recession could be impending.
