Economically Curious Mugs

The Recession.

Vanishing Act.

"The good news is you’re the only one we’re not firing ... the bad news is you’re the only one to run the department."

"The Net National Product rose slightly last month."

Phrenology bust with sections for different currencies.

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

'It's only a hunch, but I think everybody bought everything they needed, last time.'

"This is not permanent...we'll be back as soon as things start to look up."

"Welcome to the bank - you'll start at the bottom."

"If a stock falls in the market, and it had no investors, does it really lose its value?"

Profit

'Can't they just switch to smaller barrels?'

Entering the Business Community: Assets/Liabilities

"DeepSeek" "Stargate"

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

"Jill Hamster's entrepreneurial disaster"

Rich man vomiting euros to a beggar.

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

"We were able to retire 6 years early by canceling cable & eliminating anything fun."

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

The economy.

Watering Money

'The good news is, we did as well as expected last quarter. The bad news is, we didn't expect to do too well.'

"My hackers just collapsed your country's economy."

It's okay Mom! As a broker, I'm under supervision of the SEC!

"O.K. he's a billionaire, but how much of it is in cash?"

"My tariffs will move the world in a new direction!!"

Fiscal cliff - US dollar falling over the edge.

'It's our own consumer confidence test. Throw some nickels out and if they're picked up in 5 minutes confidence is really low!'

European currency on the edge.

'He's downgrading the credit agencies.'

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

G7 Summit Concern

Economy - USA.