Enchantment Economist Gifts

'If you kiss me, I'll cause the Dow Jones Industrial Average to soar, manufacturing and trade data to re-accelerate, and housing to rebound significantly throughout the remainder of this and the next quarter.'

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

"DeepSeek" "Stargate"

Entering the Business Community: Assets/Liabilities

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

"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."

Late BroomStick

'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?"

'He's downgrading the credit agencies.'

Fiscal cliff - US dollar falling over the edge.

Newt sale

"It's time to retire the word 'profit'."

"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.

Slipping and sliding down the slope...

'The cutbacks begin to affect wizards.'

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

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

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

Evil elves trying to take advantage of Christmas tree fairies.

The Greek Trampoline

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

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

Chinese stock market

"The Gross National Product and the Gross Domestic Product are doing okay. It's the Gross Domestic Mojo that's going down the toilet."

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

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

'Crisis'

U.S. Credit Rating