(CNN) — Former Federal Reserve head Alan Greenspan has a keen interest in men’s underwear.Not because he’s preoccupied with the evolving fashions of nether garments — rather, he sees underwear sales as a key economic predictor.Sounds weird, right? But it’s just one of the many strange ways experts try to predict booms and busts.

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Everybody's talking about the yield curve and what an inversion might mean, but that's not the only economic indicator analysts rely on. Here are some strange but (semi) accurate ways economists track the health of the US economy.  

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Is a recession coming? Alan Greenspan says the answer is in men's underwear

By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Former Federal Reserve head Alan Greenspan has a keen interest in men’s underwear. Not because he’s preoccupied with the evolving fashions of nether garments — rather, he sees underwear sales as a key economic predictor. Sounds weird, right? But it’s just one of the many strange ways experts try to

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By Nicole Goodkind, CNN BusinessFormer Federal Reserve head Alan Greenspan has a keen interest in men’s underwear.Not because he’s preoccupied with the evolving fashions of nether garments — rather, he sees underwear sales as a key economic predictor.Sounds weird, right? But it’s just one of the many strange ways experts try to predict booms and busts.“He once told me that … the garment that is most private is male underpants, because nobody see…

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(CNN) — Former Federal Reserve head Alan Greenspan has a keen interest in men’s underwear.Not because he’s preoccupied with the evolving fashions of nether garments — rather, he sees underwear sales as a key economic predictor.Sounds weird, right? But it’s just one of the many strange ways experts try to predict booms and busts.“He once told me that … the garment that is most private is male underpants, because nobody sees it except people in th…

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Former Federal Reserve head Alan Greenspan sees underwear sales as a key economic predictor. Inverted yield curves, or short-term bond rates going higher than long-term yields, is thought to be a sign that recession is looming. Skyscrapers soar as we approach a bust and when a building that breaks the record for world's tallest is completed, a recession is imminent.

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