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What cardboard boxes can tell us about the US #economy #podcast
Bloomberg Television· 2025-09-16 00:00
Joe, I am gonna put something on the table and you tell me what it is. Go on. All right.Here I go. This is a corrugated, I believe, cardboard box. The idea of the box as a macroeconomic indicator. I do see people talking about this idea of boxes as a leading indicator every once in a while.It is unconventional, but some people do it. How valuable are box shipments or tracking the box industry in terms of trying to figure out what's going on with the consumer. Very important for the consumer.About 50% of box ...
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Bloomberg· 2025-09-15 11:00
Box shipments are an important indicator of consumer health, Bloomberg Intelligence's Ryan Fox told @tracyalloway and @TheStalwart.On the Odd Lots podcast, Fox discussed how America's box industry indicates a consumer goods recession, the economics of recycling, and the inputs that go into a box pricing algorithm https://t.co/qoGXjc1GMM ...