Tuesday, January 14, 2014

The Auto Sales to Food Sales Ratio

The following chart shows auto and other motor vehicle sales divided by sales at food and beverage stores and food services and drinking places.


Click to enlarge.

Since this is an illusion of prosperity blog, you can probably guess which "sure thing" seems more likely to me over the long term.

1. When the downward trend in blue failed, it failed to the downside.
2. We have fully recovered back to the trend in blue.

This is not investment advice.

Source Data:
St. Louis Fed: Custom Chart

6 comments:

Stagflationary Mark said...

When the downward trend in blue failed, it failed to the downside.

Don't you see what this means?

When the upward trend in red fails, it will no doubt fail to the upside!

I think it is important to make at least one attempt each year to win the...

Craziest F@#$ing Prediction of the Year Award

The odds have to be at least a million to one. Hahaha! Sigh.

mab said...

I think it is important to make at least one attempt each year to win the...

Here goes.

The Fed will adopt a real median wage inflation target.

Oh wait, they already have such a target and we've been on track for forty years and counting. *sigh*

Stagflationary Mark said...

Damnit mab!

The competition is fierce this year!

You are forcing me to make another attempt!!

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mab said...

Siegel! Oh, I see, the nuclear option. So much for détente!

Expect it when you least expect it. Cramer, Jim Rogers, Marc Faber, David Lereah, it's all in play now!

Stagflationary Mark said...

mab,

ROFLMAO!!

In all seriousness, I was not rolling on the floor but if I had been drinking something it definitely would have come out my nose. Hahaha!

Stagflationary Mark said...

mab,

Oh, I see, the nuclear option. So much for détente!

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