STOCKS | Pentagon Pizza Index Rises Again as Tensions With Iran Intensify

The Pentagon Pizza Report posted four monitoring updates since September 19 U.S. Eastern Time, showing above-average traffic at pizza shops near the Pentagon on two evenings and below-average traffic at Freddie's Beach Bar three times. According to Sina Finance, traffic briefly returned to normal during the monitoring period before rising again, so the pattern was described as repeatedly elevated rather than a sustained anomaly. The account uses Google Maps' real-time busyness and historical peak-hour data to compare current traffic at pizza shops around the Pentagon with normal levels. According to Sina Finance, its logic is that higher pizza-shop traffic and lower traffic at nearby bars that usually attract Pentagon staff may indicate some employees are staying late at the office. According to Sina Finance, the latest monitoring came as tensions between the United States and Iran rose again. Iran said the United States may be preparing to resume military action against Iran and warned it would retaliate against U.S. interests in the Middle East. U.S. President Donald Trump ended his trip to Camp David early and said that something "very significant" could happen in the future, while listing negotiations, economic pressure, and military action as different options.