Lipstick index

Lipstick index

The lipstick index is a economic indicator. Purchases of cosmetics - lipstick in particular - tend to be inversely correlated to economic health. During bad economic times, purchases of cosmetics rise.

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* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D00E2DD103DF931A35751C1A9679C8B63 Oedipal Loop de Loop, New York Times, Maureen Dowd]


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