I also tend to pay attention to these kinds of markers and put more stock in them than all the official signals.

It's also nice following the different threads that show up here in 

econ

. It gives me another window into how people are feeling about the state of the world.

What is the metric you actually trust to tell you how the country is doing?

Contra_

I really like that third one.

I also tend to pay attention to these kinds of markers and put more stock in them than all the official signals.

It's also nice following the different threads that show up here in ~econ. It gives me another window into how people are feeling about the state of the world.