Affectionate Economist Gifts

Bank Manager: 'No, you cannot give your money a hug.'

"The Net National Product rose slightly last month."

"Tariffs love me...tariffs love me not..."

'It's only a hunch, but I think everybody bought everything they needed, last time.'

"This is not permanent...we'll be back as soon as things start to look up."

Profit

'Can't they just switch to smaller barrels?'

"DeepSeek" "Stargate"

Entering the Business Community: Assets/Liabilities

"Unfortunately, the consumer was not as demanding as we had hoped."

'The Board has chosen you to handle the restructuring because you have no heart.'

Rich man vomiting euros to a beggar.

"What do you think I can get for it on the blackboard market?"

"Do you promise to love, honour and contribute to the gross national product?"

"The economy always seems to be recovering, but it never recovers."

"We were able to retire 6 years early by canceling cable & eliminating anything fun."

Will work for ETFs

Annual profits,

"I'm sorry, but my costs were way out of control."

'...And here we have the 'Laugher Curve.''

Watering Money

'The good news is, we did as well as expected last quarter. The bad news is, we didn't expect to do too well.'

"My hackers just collapsed your country's economy."

It's okay Mom! As a broker, I'm under supervision of the SEC!

"O.K. he's a billionaire, but how much of it is in cash?"

Thanks to the financial business scientists know it for sure now - Black Holes really exist!

"It's time to retire the word 'profit'."

G7 Summit Concern

"Basically, your new job here at the Treasury Department implementing the bailout is simple, Grayson, just grab and armful of money and run..."

'It's okay. We'll just push our retirement plan back a bit.'

Fiscal cliff - US dollar falling over the edge.

European currency on the edge.

'He's downgrading the credit agencies.'

'He took from the rich and gave to the poor? It sounds like wealth redistribution.'

"My tariffs will move the world in a new direction!!"