From supply chain issues to "The Great Resignation" and the demise of hard pants and skinny jeans, the trends of 2021 can tell us a lot about the economy.
Here's a look at what we learned this year — and what to expect in 2022. nyti.ms/3Hpt8JZ
Here's a look at what we learned this year — and what to expect in 2022. nyti.ms/3Hpt8JZ
Many things came up short in 2021 — and society came around to the reality that we’ve all been buying so much stuff that we have collectively broken the supply chain.
As a result, prices increased. Whether they'll continue to rise is an open question. nyti.ms/3Hpt8JZ
As a result, prices increased. Whether they'll continue to rise is an open question. nyti.ms/3Hpt8JZ
Americans quit their jobs at record rates this year, in what was labeled “The Great Resignation” or the “Big Quit.” Some suggested a collective life-or-death experience caused people to reassess their options. Others see a new anti-work era emerging. nyti.ms/3Hpt8JZ
International travel remained sharply depressed this year — bad news for travel-dependent industries. It's also one reason that spending patterns haven't shifted away from furniture, exercise equipment and toys, keeping inflation high around the world. nyti.ms/3Hpt8JZ
It was also a year of new fashion trends, including Gen Z convincing millennials that side parts make people look aged and that skinny jeans are out. And with "return-to-office" planning upended, “hard pants” may have an even harder time making a comeback. nyti.ms/3Hpt8JZ
2021 may not have been quite as novel and scary as the darkest early days of the pandemic, but this year found new and creative ways to be bad.
Read more about what trends from the second year of the pandemic can tell us about what to expect in the third. nyti.ms/3Hpt8JZ
Read more about what trends from the second year of the pandemic can tell us about what to expect in the third. nyti.ms/3Hpt8JZ
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