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.'

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

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

EU and India partnership.

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

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

Out.

Pre-Old Blues

'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.'

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

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

"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..."

'How long's he been out there?'

'Money, I'm home!'

'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.'

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

Fiscal cliff

"Until we know more about the nature of the threat, we should stay calm and wash out hands to keep it from spreading."

Phobia Clinic: Now treating Dow 15,000 acrophobia.

"Our profits have been out-sourced ."

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

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

Businessman tries to shelter from the economic storm.