So, ladies and gentlemen, did you hear the news? Tighty whities are important to the economy. Because they’re a measure of economic wealth/progress! The article, from BNET, states:
When it comes to economic indicators, Alan Greenspan is as much a student of human behavior as he is of crunched numbers. In fact to predict boom or bust, the former Federal Reserve chairman actively studies trends in dry cleaning and men’s underwear; the latter because as a basic necessity sales are usually steady. Greenspan’s barometer proved right last year when the (ahem) bottom fell out of sales on boxers and briefs.
Got to love it when a man in tighty whities hits the front page of the business columns. 
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I just recently used this article in for a report in school. I am creating a would-be underwear company and had to use it as a back up reason for wanting to start one. It’s pretty important stuff!
Sounds like a pretty cool report, Wes