Economic Nerd Gifts

Euro Crisis Chimera

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

Great Chinese Dynasties

Entering the Business Community: Assets/Liabilities

"DeepSeek" "Stargate"

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

"Do you promise to love, honour and contribute to the gross national product?"

"The economy always seems to be recovering, but it never recovers."

Annual profits,

'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?"

G7 Summit Concern

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

Fiscal cliff - US dollar falling over the edge.

'He's downgrading the credit agencies.'

'The bad news is it's all our client's money.'

Economy - USA.

Slipping and sliding down the slope...

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

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

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

I'm over-educated and under-employed. That's why there's no MIDDLE class anymore.

The Greek Trampoline

'In a surprise move, Greece decided to peg its currency against the Baklava.'

That Awkward Moment When You Discover That Wall Street's Insanity Is Helping You

His temperature appears to rise and fall with the FT index

"I don't like the look of this."

"Thank you, Harris - I get the picture."

"Apparently over 50% of people never look at their pension plans!"

'As the government sees it, the U.S. budget would be fine if more deficit earners like you, Mr. Wald, go on the ball!'

Out.

Chinese stock market

'Crisis'

U.S. Credit Rating

"On Wall Street today, news of lower interest rates sent the stock market up, but then the expectation that these rates would be inflationary sent the market down, until the realization that lower rates might stimulate the sluggish economy pushed the mark