A new unofficial indicator is fast emerging as a barometer of the recession gripping the U.S. It is a rise in inventory of used office cubicles for sale as more companies shutter.
Rightsize Facility Performance, a Chicago office furniture retailer, expects to have access to 250,000 used cubicles across the U.S. by summer, up from 30,000 to 40,000 office cubicles last year.