Eu Economics Buff Pillows

Angela Merkel

Mario Draghi

'Greek debt was downgraded for the 11th time this week, by S&P, to P.O.S. Negative Infinity, meaning it's safer to eat uranium, than own Greek debt.'

Loan Alley

U.S. Foreign Policy

'Don't bother cleaning out your desk. We'll be hiring you back as a consultant for half the salary and no benefits.'

"They've made these fund prospectuses much easier to read." Brochure states; 'Give us all your money and get lost."

Dow Jones drop

TPP - Investor State Dispute Settlement

'According to our fact finding committee, our stock won't be worth a dime this quarter.'

Gold Medal for IOC boss Thomas Bach in the discipline of Brown-Nosing-Dictators-For-Money.

'Stand back! All he needs is an injection of long-term capital.'

'All those in favor of requesting a government bailout, say 'Karl Marx'.'

There will be no economics report...our economics reporter got caught in the tech carnage...

Sales Chart: Boomerangs LTD

"You are responsible for the refugee crisis!"

"I rob from the poor and give to the rich."

A man is selling, 'Cameron voodoo dolls', outside of job centre.

The Invisible Hand of the Market

"And, of course, this is when all our loose change fell out of our pockets."

The Euro.

Shares Nosedive

"When we said we'd build 'affordable' homes we had a particular buyer in mind."

Take me to your leader. . .

"The minimum wage is being upgraded, so how about the minimum allowance?"

"Oh, just the usual here, occupying Wall Street."

'You wouldn't threaten your bank manager...er...maybe...'

Trump and President Xi

'We've completed the spending review and there won't be any.'

Tea Party and the US economy

Nothing New Here

Chained CPI

"60 Fortune 500 companies paid no federal taxes last year. . . meanwhile, thanks to a lack of funding, I no longer get dessert in my meals on wheels."

The Trickledown Effect

"Why, Ed Dunlop! Didn't you used to be my chief stock picker?"