Economic Downturn Strategist Pillows

Bank manager with no business has tumbleweed blowing into office.

Foreign Markets with Big Barriers

Mario Draghi

"Maybe now, we could look at customer care'?"

"I keep feeling we should float the company"

"The president demands that staff take responsibility for failures, and the multi-trillion deficit is down to YOU!"

'We're living in a round hole economy.'

'That's what I thought, finances are tight: She's switched to no-name cat food...'

'Bit of a staffing problem, Boss. We haven't got any left.'

'Oh, no! It's all in euros!'

EU and India partnership.

'The good news is we've finally turned the corner. The bad news is, no government bailout.'

Out.

'I've been sent by the board to ask if you'd be willing to cut your symbolic one dollar a year salary to fifty cents.'

"And then, like an idiot, I turned to the boss and said 'Maybe the stock market isn't the only thing that's been overvalued!'"

'I need a tool to measure productivity.'

'We're counting on inflation.'

Obama's Financial Reform Pill: I hope they won't need a glass of water.

"This just in! Due to downsizing, the mega-merger of Consolidated Industries and Humungous Corporation has been changed to a simple bankruptcy."

'Money, I'm home!'

'How long's he been out there?'

"We have to make massive cuts so we can reduce debt... which will cut into growth which is needed so we can make massive cuts..."

'When you take out food, energy...inflation remained at a 20 year low.'

'Well, that's simplified the mission statement.'

Export

'Our portfolio is not going anywhere. I'm going to add some transportation stocks to the mix to see if that will move our investments along.'

Fiscal cliff

"Our 'Invest in American' program is saving money by buying orange safety cones from China."

"Our profits have been out-sourced ."

'Enough of this trickle-down stuff. I say let it trickle up for a while.'

Businessman tries to shelter from the economic storm.

Phobia Clinic: Now treating Dow 15,000 acrophobia.

'I think we should avoid the dot com sector.'

Economic casualties.