Economy Explorers Mugs

'No, that's not the diameter of an electron. It's the rate I'm currently getting on my Treasury money fund.'

'The good news is it's curable, the bad news is you can't afford it.'

Largest passenger aircraft ever built. "Why does it have to be so big?" "We had to make extra room for all the subsidy money."

Are we in a recession?

The President Is Unhinged Yet We Aren't All Dead Yet and That's Kind of Amazing

'Sure, son, they're rabble -- but the rabble are an essential part of the economy.'

The New Normal? Factory Firect Bath Tissue: Now by the sheet

"Another week another dollar, Jenkins"

"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.

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

'I have this fear of the real world...'

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

Great Chinese Dynasties

Today we'll see some misused or misunderstood financial and economic terms. It's said inflation can hurt the economy. But it's absolutely in the tire business. I bought this warm puffy jacket with cash. A down payment. We like beer and coffee. Our most valuable liquid assets. In a monopoly breakup, the race car would to go one person and the dog to another. And when I become either a buyer or a seller. He's shorting the market!

A Q&A with President Obama over jobs

"Jill Hamster's entrepreneurial disaster"

The economy.

'Today the stock market was moribund, as growth equities sputtered and bonds dipped due to the inverted yield curve. I'd translate that into layman's terms...but they don't pay me enough.'

'You know the economy's in trouble when the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans only has 350 names on it.'

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

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

'For an explanation of the financial terms of this loan, please enroll in a continuing-education economics class at your local community college.'

'well of course I'm giving your portfolio the attention it deserves, I'm even wearing a black armband!'

Kids ask repetitively: 'Is the recession over yet?'

Stock market Bull & Bear financial whirlwind.

Economy

Russia Money Laundering

Manufacturing will take place in China...So what role does Europe have?...you borrow money to be the customer

"It's simple supply and demand. The shorter the supply, the more money we demand."

"It's swings and roundabouts – one goes up the other goes down."

Bookstore. The Stock Market for Dummies. It's either an instructional guide or a history of recent economics.

Woman at a desk with in out boxes marked Market Up Market Down.

'Stocks rose on the rumor that the market is mostly rumor-driven.'