article_snippet: Spending on products for short-term use is crucial in revealing how confident a country's population are in a country's population own economic prospects - and luxury loo paper sales  suggest the recession is well and truly over.
article_snippet: The analysts found although top brands like Cushelle, Andrex and Velvet are a little pricier, The analysts are a luxury most people can afford.
article_snippet: Victoria Fletcher, the store's paperware buyer, told The Times: 'It's the little luxuries which are sometimes the best.'
article_snippet: With the recovery of the UK economy consumers have gone back to buying branded products .
article_snippet: The analysts from Euromonitor wrote in The analysts from Euromonitor report: 'Higher growth is expected out of the luxury segment as the improved economy allows consumers to satisfy consumers desire for comfort.'
article_snippet: Hairstyles are another economic indicator.
article_snippet: MailOnline reported earlier this month that the the growing popularity of shorter haircuts is a sign of economic recovery, since they require more frequent trips to the salon and are costlier to maintain.
highlights_snippet: Economists have started using it as the barometer for economic recovery .
  