What is Occupy Wallstreet?

[Jester]

It's a more accurate measurement of consumer activity (i.e. spending). And, if you remember, in that time period I expressed some concerns about growing inflation (then again, my dirge about pending inflation hasn't changed).

Um, is it? It sounds to me like it's indexed to last year - which tells us nothing about the overall state of demand, unless it can be presumed that last year was normal. Which, in these times, is a dangerous assumption.

What do the index values represent?

The index values are relative to the same period one year ago. An index value of 100 on any date indicates consumers showing the same level of interest in purchases as on that same date one year earlier. Thus an index of 105 indicates an increase in consumer interest of 5% relative to the same date a year earlier. An index of 95 would similarly indicate a 5% decrease in interest relative to the same period in the prior year.

Or am I missing something? I'm still not sure what this exactly *is*, other than "an index."

-Jester