tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post1225238634631294922..comments2024-02-17T12:34:01.400-08:00Comments on Illusion of Prosperity: Eating Out vs. Eating at Home v.5Stagflationary Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568993350246477976noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-62075827856793990792011-04-17T19:06:50.585-07:002011-04-17T19:06:50.585-07:00dearieme,
Who doesn't like vouchers? ;)
GYSC...dearieme,<br /><br />Who doesn't like vouchers? ;)<br /><br />GYSC,<br /><br />I like to think that Bernanke is random in the same way Cramer is.<br /><br />If either of them was consistently wrong then I could make serious money *always* doing the opposite! ;)Stagflationary Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568993350246477976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-57931807183829955302011-04-17T15:23:35.838-07:002011-04-17T15:23:35.838-07:00I would not ask Bernanke anything, the guy is wron...I would not ask Bernanke anything, the guy is wrong more often than not.EconomicDisconnecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802078645713106743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-4461398494535660602011-04-17T03:52:20.602-07:002011-04-17T03:52:20.602-07:00We're finding it good fun to eat out occasiona...We're finding it good fun to eat out occasionally at lunchtime, using vouchers, and having a light dinner at home in the evening. As the weather warms, we're on the look out for vouchers that'll let us lunch in pub beergardens. And a larger part of dinner will come from our kitchen garden. We might even repeat our experiment of a few years ago of eating our own garden snails with our own garlic and parsley.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-85048664387284339272011-04-16T23:04:49.747-07:002011-04-16T23:04:49.747-07:00"At best, population growth and inflation are..."At best, population growth and inflation are now the sole drivers for growth?<br />My big concern is that the "eating out" percentage will stay flat until the next recession and will then begin to fall."<br /><br />Core's in line. Ask Bernanke. So what if the eating out percentage stays flat? Like last time, the good ones survived, the bad ones didn't. Too bad the same couldn't be said of the financial sector.Fatboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13777120295384956611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-52312364860094226602011-04-16T17:54:58.616-07:002011-04-16T17:54:58.616-07:00Put another way, if the typical American ate at ho...Put another way, if the typical American ate at home as much as I do, then I would say we have roughly 4x more restaurants than we would need. Ouch.Stagflationary Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568993350246477976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-53318823904703774702011-04-16T17:52:28.151-07:002011-04-16T17:52:28.151-07:00Fatboy,
"What does that infer?"
At bes...Fatboy,<br /><br />"What does that infer?"<br /><br />At best, population growth and inflation are now the sole drivers for growth?<br /><br />My big concern is that the "eating out" percentage will stay flat until the next recession and will then begin to fall.<br /><br />I guess we should be thankful that the typical American is not as dire as I am. I'm about 10% on the "eating out" chart in general.Stagflationary Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568993350246477976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-3442155091517585152011-04-16T17:39:28.135-07:002011-04-16T17:39:28.135-07:00Survivor bias? These figures adjusted for inflatio...Survivor bias? These figures adjusted for inflation and population increases? Eating out and retail gas sales are both at same levels from 6 years ago. What does that infer?Fatboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13777120295384956611noreply@blogger.com