Economy Watchers Pillows

'Austerity means making my Happy Hour drink last all night.'

The Emu, whining banks and the EU-castle in the air...

'Look, that peasant is eating something -- the economy's on the move again!'

'I'm sure it's our investment consultant but I'm not sure if this is a good or a bad sign...'

Today's Happy Hour: Temperance.

Bush at the spending diet center

George Papandreou.

Unemployment Contagion

Erdogan tries to boost the Turkish economy!

Gas Prices

High price of food

"Why does your men's clothing store need a loan?" "During the pandemic sales of pants have dropped way off."

'I'm sure that one wasn't there last week.'

The day the stock market went UP.

GAS PRICES AT PUMP

'Let's just wait here until the federal stimulus returns.'

'Taxes are going up, but that's no excuse to earn less, Mr. Syms.'

'The government's right. Not counting, food, clothing, energy, shelter, health care, or transportation, inflation is hardly going up.'

I was thinking about the implications of your brave effort last week to unionize. I didn't really. I was role-playing. Whatever. Do you realize the demise of unions has coincided with a massive decline in the middle class? What? I'm helping chickens cross a road on my iPhone. I'm taking about the income gap! Talkin' 'Bout the Income Gap is sponsored by: The makers of signs, placards, and other protest equipment.

'Remember, an economic boom is usually followed by an economic kaboom,'

"I was going to tell you it's a jungle out there, but I realize that's probably old news to you."

'Stocks dropped on the news that governments can fool some people come of the time,but not all the people all of the time.'

"Using worst case scenario as a baseline, I consider this data quite encouraging."

The symbol for the euro (?) depicted as the wheel of a wheelchair, symbolising the state of the currency

"Don't worry! He's totally changed..."

'Some mistakes are too much fun to make only once.'

"Victims of out-sorcery."

'If we're going to be the sponsor of a winter Olympic even, it should be the downhill.'

News and Magazines. Tax Bill Debate. The trickle-down can never compete with siphon-up.

"Business is so bad even my hotcakes aren't selling like hotcakes."

'All right, gentlemen, this is the current picture of our growth industry!'

'Grandpa, what was manufacturing?'

Business Outlook

'Sir, the company's had another successful month treading water.'

' Oh no! I'm being repossessed! '