"Basically, seriously, Prof. Perry has pointed out that people are driving more and that is a sign of more strength in the economy."1. it's not terribly clear just why that would be. why does driving generate economic activity?2. this dataset is nothing like accurate enough to make these sorts of determinations.3. as jet and jon pointed out, it's not really apples to apples as this may had an extra commuting day based on calendar issues. this just does not seem like a particularly good or accurate economic barometer. |