Cute read, never thought about it.. http://www.cnbc.com/id/46607191 ------------------ Want to know how the economy’s doing? Ask your dentist. That’s how we recently discovered one hopeful sign for the labor market: an increase in new dental patients. Our Manhattan-based dentist said he was seeing about three new patients a day in recent weeks, up from one or two on average last year. The reason?... [more]
Cute read, never thought about it..
http://www.cnbc.com/id/46607191
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Want to know how the economy’s doing? Ask your dentist.
That’s how we recently discovered one hopeful sign for the labor market: an increase in new dental patients. Our Manhattan-based dentist said he was seeing about three new patients a day in recent weeks, up from one or two on average last year.
The reason? More people with health insurance as a result of getting full-time jobs.
Manhattan, of course, is not exactly representative of the rest of the country. So we reached out to dentists across the country and heard much the same thing; while business isn’t exactly booming, there has been a noticeable increase in new patients coming through the door.
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2012/03/dentist-indicator.html[less]
Response by ThomasTT
about 14 years ago
Posts: 14
Member since: Mar 2012
Its ironic how often the most powerful economic indicators are the strangest ones.
It just like S&P500 predicts Cruse industry's revenue.
Its ironic how often the most powerful economic indicators are the strangest ones.
It just like S&P500 predicts Cruse industry's revenue.