Economic Curious Gifts

"What if the economy stops sustaining us?"

'I doubled my money! The bank dude gave me 20 50-cent-coins for lousy ten one-euro-coins!'

"The good news is you’re the only one we’re not firing ... the bad news is you’re the only one to run the department."

"The Net National Product rose slightly last month."

Phrenology bust with sections for different currencies.

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

"Welcome to the bank - you'll start at the bottom."

"If a stock falls in the market, and it had no investors, does it really lose its value?"

Entering the Business Community: Assets/Liabilities

"DeepSeek" "Stargate"

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

"Jill Hamster's entrepreneurial disaster"

"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."

Annual profits,

The economy.

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

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

'You know the economy's in trouble when the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans only has 350 names on it.'

'He's downgrading the credit agencies.'

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

Fiscal cliff - US dollar falling over the edge.

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

G7 Summit Concern

Economy - USA.

'You have to reconcile your gross habits with your net income.'

Slipping and sliding down the slope...

"I had that nightmare again where everyone found out I'm in my late thirties and still have no idea how the stock market works."

'well of course I'm giving your portfolio the attention it deserves, I'm even wearing a black armband!'

The Greek Trampoline

'This is where I hang out until bullishness makes a comeback.'

Stock market Bull & Bear financial whirlwind.

"For details on the bear market, here's a bear..."

"It looks like a perfectly balanced system to me."