Starbucks isn't just the world's largest coffee chain. It's a bellwether stock, one that tells us a disproportionate amount about the American economy and where it may be headed.
When Mr Barack Obama was the President of the United States, he used to call Starbucks' former chief executive Howard Schultz for a read on the American consumer.
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