Economists are watching out for rising GDP and higher interest rates, but Laura Howard reckons there are other signs that will signal the end of the recession
British summers: Admit it, the staycation isn't all that. Photograph: John Giles/PA
Looking for green shoots? Economists have their ways of telling ifa recession is over – and by their reckoning it isn't yet. But what about the rest of us? Here are 10 things that will signal to me the economy is healthy:
1. Pizza Express finally starts charging for each pizza putting an end to its two-for-one voucher offers.
2. There is a mass exodus from teaching as ex-bankers realise they are not cut out for the profession after all.
3. The gift retail market is revived as people concede that bought presents are, in fact, better than made ones.
4. Consumers reinstate monthly direct debits to not go to the gym.
5. Shoppers who converted to Morrisons go back to Sainsbury's as they can't be bothered to find a £1 coin just to release a trolley.
6. Families who embraced the "staycation" get back on a plane to the Algarve having remembered how wet Britain is in August.
7. Jokes about wearing clothes from Oxfam come back into fashion.
8. Sales of seeds plummet as people realise a carrot a month from the vegetable patch is not going to feed the family.
9. First-time buyers no longer have to rope their parents into their mortgage arrangements if they have only saved a 5% deposit.
10. Lodgers up and down the country are kicked out on to the street.
What else should we be looking for?
Source http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/blog/2009/jun/18/alternative-green-shoots
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