The Broad Street Journal

Although consumer spending in general has been flat for most of the year, a limited number of products have experienced a hard upswing in sales. Analysts are at a loss to explain the nearly identical growth patterns in several apparently unrelated items:

blank videotapes
blank DVDs
red Chuck Taylor Converse shoes
computer screen cleaner
Twister
moisture-proof magazine protectors
airline tickets to Las Vegas
Neil Sedaka concert tickets
exercise equipment
panty liners
Depends

Alan Greenspan has appointed a special commission to investigate the phenomenon and analyze its possible impact on the markets.

In a related story, ABC News has announced that they will be broadcasting a special report on the economy in which Diane Sawyer reveals exclusive findings on these latest market trends.

By Katynka