The Weirdest Ways to Predict A Recession

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Go to https://monarch.com/twocents or use the code TWOCENTS to get 50% off of your first year of Monarch. Lipstick? Skyscrapers? Exotic dancers? You won't believe the wacky methods people have come up with to predict a recession! Two Cents is hosted by Philip Olson, CFP® and Julia Lorenz-Olson, AFC® Directors: Katie Graham & Andrew Matthews Written by: Andrew Matthews Executive Producer: Amanda Fox Produced by: Katie Graham Edited & Animated by: Dano Johnson Fact checker: Yvonne McGreevy Executive in Charge for PBS: Maribel Lopez Director of Programming for PBS: Gabrielle Ewing Assistant Director of Programming for PBS: John Campbell Images by: Shutterstock Music by: APM Two Cents is a production of Spotzen for PBS Digital Studios sources: https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-financial-page/big-business-and-wall-street-need-to-stand-up-for-honest-data https://thehill.com/business/5453833-trump-ej-antoni-bls-pick/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/brandonkochkodin/2025/08/15/where-to-look-when-you-dont-trust-bls/ https://www.cato.org/blog/trump-shouldnt-cook-books-bls-it-doesnt-matter-much-you-think https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/are-the-bls-and-other-government-statistical-agencies-partisan-heres-what-my-research-found/ https://www.businessinsider.com/weird-recession-indicators https://theface.com/society/strippers-recession-stripping-adult-industry-porn-politics-economy https://www.businessinsider.com/hemline-index-2012-2#31-philip-lim-for-2012-hemlines-are-substantially-shorter-than-in-2012-as-lim-avoided-floor-grazing-skirts-and-dresses-in-2011-he-showed-four-skirts-that-touched-the-floor-red-bars-indicate-the-collection-average-hemline-length-1 https://www.npr.org/transcripts/96031104 https://yuobserver.org/2024/09/the-great-recession-of-2025-the-lipstick-effect/ https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/26/economy/recession-underwear-alan-greenspan https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/18/business/countries-fake-economic-data?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc&recs_exp=up-next-article-end&tenant_id=related.en https://www.voguebusiness.com/story/fashion/why-is-everything-in-fashion-suddenly-a-recession-indicator https://www.allure.com/story/when-a-recession-hits-fat-is-t?utm_source=chatgpt.com https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/01/america-loves-baby-faced-celebrities-when-the-economys-doing-well/384390/?utm_source=chatgpt.com https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/skyscraper-effect.asp https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2025/07/18/legends-tower-okc-skyscraper-update/85258441007/ https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/inflation-lies/