Economic Explorer Pillows

'We were in the right place at the right time but, unfortunately, we were in the wrong time zone.'

'In today's action, the Dow Jones Industrial Average cratered, then soared, then swooned, then skyrocketed, then plummeted, then rebounded, and finally threw up.'

Made in China.

'In a Washington economic summit, a panel of three economists offered two dozen opinions about the direction of global economics.'

'I can't move in with my parents. They moved in with my grandparents.

The economic forecast is difficult for an amateur to get right...but the professionals are reasonably confident that the markets will go either up or down in the long or short term.

Globalization.

Economics made simple.

Wealth Juggler.

"Today share prices fell sharply on the fear that share prices may fall sharply."

'We are on the road to recovery. We just happen to be going against the traffic.'

'Our only hope is a merger so we can become too big to fail.'

'I don't know about you, but I really don't like the look of that yield curve.'

I work for a not for profit business. Mind you, two years ago it was a 'for profit' business.

Man asking a clairvoyant about the future.

Market Analyst with Graphs Labelled: 'Optimism, Pessimism, and Reality.'

The good ship Great Britain

'For Christmas, I'd like a nice 'Santa Claus Rally'.'

The economy dragging engineers along a roller-coaster.

'Are those physical or metaphorical thunderclouds moving in.'

"For your stress test, here's a replay of the stock market in free fall..."

'As you can see here our downward trend exceeded even the expectations of the people who make our graphs.'

Investor alternates between hating and loving gold, depending on the stock market's performance.

'Here comes the new kid.'

"Stocks were bipolar today as delirious euphoria gave way to abject despair and back again."

Economic model of the solar system.

'The stock market remained unchanged, on the news that the more things change, the more they stay the same.'

Welcome to the Eurozone.

Job machine - old jobs and new jobs.

'Your Financial Institution No Longer Exists.'

In the Era of Reduced Expectations

Macroeconomics.

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

'After months of analysing, we found out how to stop your downgoing profits: just find more customers who want to buy your products.'

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