LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 30 (UPI) -- A Kentucky store manager said the return of Elvis Presley impersonators after a yearlong lull may be a good sign for the economy.
Rob Baker, manager of the Doo Wop Shop in Louisville, said Elvis impersonators were absent from the store for about a year until last week, when one came in to buy a wireless microphone and another stopped in later to rent portable show lights, The (Louisville) Courier-Journal reported Monday.
"Elvis is a dipstick, of sorts, for our economy," Baker said. "The party business is coming back. People are not thinking twice about having an event. They are feeling a bit more relaxed".
Uric Dufrene, an economist at Indiana University Southeast, said Baker might be onto something by using Elvis as an economic indicator. UPI
