Economic Entertainers Gifts

What am I doing? Oh just a little TBC. You know, Taking Care of Bailout.

"Gas. Regular. Premium. Super. You don’t want to know."

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

'Pretty strange term, market share, considering the whole object is not to.'

"The new revenue stream is finally kicking in."

'Actually, they're a hybrid. They are a blue-chip, common stock.'

"The fish - will it be the market price at the time of ordering, the time of eating or the time of paying?"

"No, it hasn't, but when the sky does fall your investments are going to do very, very, well.''

Aliens - 'We heard stuff is cheap here.'

"Good to see they're trying to keep the high street vibe."

Trickledown economics

'Nonsense, Harry, it's my treat. I'm filing for bankruptcy tomorrow.'

Office of economic forecasting.

Escaping Black Hole - '..But captain that's the pensions black hole there is no escape!'

'Oh dear. I seem to have put the decimal point in the wrong place again.'

'We buy and sell them.'

'It's the NEW Chinese Stock Market Report.'

"This town ain't big enough for the both of us and, even if it was, I doubt either of us could afford to buy a place here given the current sellers' market."

'Today the stock market closed early so money managers could take time to stop and smell the profits.'

'I thought up the term 'too big to fail'. So where's my bonus?'

A Double-Dip Recession with Sprinkles

Government Handouts.

"That man's a legend in this office. He has 100% accuracy in predicting the past."

'Consumer confidence is up.. in the 'Money in the mattress' sector.'

'Great! Thanks to the damn mortage crisis, we've got to live in a neighbourhood now where we wake up with yellow feet every second morning...'

"It's a profit and loss statement. Read it with gusto!"

Investments: Still Open to New Investors - 'A fool & his money fund.'

'Someday, Son, all of this will be yo....!'

Grand Opening and Closing Down Sale simultaneously occurring.

First Market Decline

Thanks to his stocks, Bob now lives in the middle of a great green garden outside the crowded city.

Office of Management & Budget. Now hiring: crowdfunding expert to reduce the U.S. budget deficit.

'Your call would have been important to us before we went out of business.'

'Sorry about the mess -- I've been slashing the Federal budget.'

"These days, many people can only afford to drink from home."