Just wondering what the relationship is between provider business and economics.As we know the economy is picking up just wondering if the escort business is too.At the depth of the recession a couple years how was business.Also r certain months better than others.Just wondering if there is any relation between the two.

You must work for the Democrat part.  "As we know the economy is picking up..," is simply not true.

Sorry man guess you haven't notice the stock market over the last view years  or that unemployment has come down several points or maybe the housing market getting better less foreclosures etc. These are facts my boy look it up.So this question  is over your head, this is not a political question .I was asking providers for input.

Watching Faux News and listening to talk radio again?  I used to think everyone was entitled to an opinion.  Now, I'm not so sure.  Yes, the economy is picking up.  The question is how are the gains being distributed.  My guess is that the downturn wasn't very kind to many.  And, as the economic policies put in place over the last 30-40 years by successive administrations of both parties continue to have a negative impact on the middle class (by design, BTW), people will try to scapegoat the Other.  Falling prey to divide and conquer messaging is much easier than understanding the complexities of politics.

Unfortunate the Stock Market is not an Economic Indicator.  The main indicator is the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Last month GDP was a dismal .1% or on the verge of contraction. The 4th quarter of 2013 was a modest 2.6%.  Remember by definition 2 consecutive quarters of contraction is a recession.  Also know that these initial numbers are usually revamped and usually not as positive as the initial.  

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/gdpnewsrelease.htm

While unemployment may be falling the number of people working is also falling. It's call Labor Participation and counts the people actually working while The Unemployment Rate counts people looking for work, once the unemployed quit looking they are no longer counted in the unemployment rate.  

http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11300000

Thankfully the housing market is on the upswing.  

The economy is not a TV sound byte from any network or political view. To know what is really happening you have to go beyond the BS, read and think for yourself. Try picking up an Intro to Economics text book and read it.

Sorry I'm not a provider but I do know a little about Economics.

Once again this is not a political question put your charts and graphs away and by the way they all look better than they did when the recession started.This is a question to providers to try see if there is a relation between there business and the economy or r they bullet proof during a recession .I would think they are affected like anyone else but who knows better than them.

Stock Market Bubble, Revival of a new housing bubble, Less people actually working, artificially low interest rates..  

Let the good times roll!

The OP wasn't trying to start a political debate on the economy but for those who want to have one, the Politics and Religion board is just a click away.

Economics is economics.  But demographics is a HUGE driver.  And right now, the boomer generation is in the process of retiring, and I am part of that generation.  After some thirty-forty years of a hyped housing market (with occasional dips) driven by all the boomers getting married and needing their own homes, and all the stuff to fill all those new homes, and all that stuff for all the subsequent kids, the boomers are cutting back.  So less is needed, so less is bought, so less is produced.  Not quite that simple, but demographics is a huge driver of our economy.

My response was factual and non political, I responded only because your economic assumptions are in accurate.

The information I offered is government based and was given to let you know that your question is hypothetical as the economy is currently very weak with .1% GDP growth.  The LPR chart shows labor participation has dropped from aprox 66% in 2004-2009 to its current level of 63%, meaning that 3% fewer working age people are actually working, this is not an improvement

Economy picking up my ass. More Americans on food stamps than any time in history and unemployment among Blacks at an all time high. It's what we get for electing a motivational speaker for President.  

 

You must be watching Faux news.

EVERYONE knows everything is super awesome right now.  Everything was Bush's Fault and Obama has only made the world super awesome and better.  And we all have Free Health Insurance now!

After having been at this a long time, and having a number of providers as friends here and there, my observation is this:

This topic never really gets discussed.  If you ask a sales guy in any industry how his quarter is going, he will always say "holy shit, I am rolling in deals" even to those who know he hasn't sold a thing in two years.  Likewise, I have had a number of provider friends who will declare publicly that there's business pounding down their doors, while privately admitting that things are slow enough that they're concerned about making ends meet.

If you come out and say things are slow, then (a) people start to ask for discounts, and (b) you may be stigmatized, because no one else is admitting things are slow--so it must be just you.

I have said this in other threads, including one started by a provider who agrees with me--I would be contributing 3-4x more business to the local economy if it were easier to schedule with one day's notice.  So in my case it's more than just demographics, or the economy.  It's the logistics of scheduling.