Economic Strategist Pillows

'I need a tool to measure productivity.'

'Look, it's like I told you yesterday, if you want to invest in mutual funds you've got to start thinking long-term.' (Man wearing sign saying 'The End is Nigh').

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

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

The road ahead?

"We can't always wing it with quick fix solutions. We need an effective long term miracle."

'How is the budget forecast looking?'

IMF warns world needs to work together to solve looming global Economic crisis

Just married for tax purposes

Economic casualties.

Export

"One day more boy, all this will be yours!"

"I'm using this time to try and get my financial house back in order again."

'We're counting on inflation.'

Ben Bernanke says no recession yet.

Financial crisis.

"I once had a firm foothold in reality, but I found that it seriously undermined my ability to function as a financial market analyst."

Banana Peels.

'Since we started reporting our assets in Russian Rubles, our fund sounds a lot bigger.'

Oil War

'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.'

"I'm leaning towards cake as the new global currency...but are you sure these are our best options?"

EU and India partnership.

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

What do you MEAN money isn't everything? We are a bank!

Trying to Overcome an Economic Crisis.

'I'll be glad when this recession is over.'

Ben Bernanke

In view of mounting layoffs and weakening income prospects, Marge keeps the faith.

A businessman balancing on a unicycle that has a coin as a wheel, on the line of a graph of falling financial performance.

European Leadership

"I keep feeling we should float the company"

'Eddie, don't look at it as stocks going down. Look at it as an opportunity to get in before stocks go back up.'

'Whadaya mean my fixed income is broken?'

'There's our signature on the mortgage. Before we go, can I trouble you for a bankruptcy declaration form?'