Cost-cutting Commentator Mugs

'We'll see significant savings in health care costs with our new in-house operations.'

Budget cuts - please send all email as second class.

'We should buy London and ship it to the States!'

"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."

Thrift: New way to eat eggs (avoid needless transport costs).

Thrift: have your arms and legs amputated, use a pillow for a bed!

The Affordable Shredder

Chinese stock market

Phil would get giddy after a large print run, but the company was saving a fortune.

Early Attempt at Quantitative Easing.

"Post Covid it was clear that the old 9-5 was no longer viable, our industry lends itself to home working."

Ukraine Crisis

Spanish bank needs propping up.

'Well, maybe upteen zillion was too general a cost estimate.'

'And finally, a steady decline in earnings has forced us to trim the presentations budget.'

Janet always was ahead of the curve...she outsourced herself.

The bailout.

"To save money, 5 employees will share the same computer. I got the idea while I was carpooling."

"Sorry, new style pain killer. It's the cut-backs I'm afraid."

Euro fall...

'If I'm going to do an effective job of reducing costs, I'm going to need a bigger budget.'

"Now over to our healthcare correspondent."

Bank of Cyprus-sia

The euro currency is a bomb.

Rishi Sunak interrupts Liz Truss in leader's debate

Man applying Eurobond glue to broken Piggy bank

Agency Moody's comments

'And finally, there's option three, a classic business model that would reduce our marketing, supply-chain and production expenses by 85 percent!' '

A Second Stimulus is Coming,

"Our generous pensions are unsustainable so I'm firing you."

"We've decided to cut back and have Christmas every other year."