The Garbage Indicator: What It Is Telling Us About the Economy

The Garbage Indicator: What It Is Telling Us About the Economy

It is said that one man's trash is another man's treasure. It also happens that all of our trash could collectively make for a great economic indicator. In addition to other, more conventional indicators, Deutsche Bank's chief international economist, Torsten Slok, consults freight rail waste data put out by the Association of American Railroads for a check on how the economy is doing.

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