The world's most delicious economic indicator.
When oil pumps β lobsters get munched.
Not an official metric. Not peer-reviewed. But suspiciously accurate.
The Lobster Index is a quirky economic indicator
linking crude oil prices to luxury seafood consumption.
When crude oil hits $80+, petrodollars start flowing. Oil workers, execs and service companies cash in big. Houston, Aberdeen and Stavanger boom.
Suddenly every oilman wants a lobster. Restaurant reservations fill weeks in advance. Lobster prices skyrocket. Chefs can't keep up with demand.
It's not just lobster. Champagne, wagyu steak, fine dining β the whole luxury playbook gets activated when oil money flows into town.
Anecdotal but consistent. Smart restaurant owners in oil towns learned to stock extra lobster when futures spiked. It worked more often than not.
The oil capital of the USA. When WTI spikes, Houston's restaurant row becomes a feeding frenzy. Lobster bisque mandatory.
Scotland's oil city on the North Sea. Offshore workers blowing wages on lobster thermidor became a running joke in boom years.
Norway's oil capital. With sovereign wealth flowing, Stavanger restaurants report lobster shortages every time Brent crude surges.
Real-time lobster-oil correlation updates.
Very serious economic analysis. Extremely peer-reviewed.
* Not actual financial advice. Consult a lobster before investing in crude oil.