Inflation Gifts

'We had the same numbers when I was a kid, as you do now, but the governments numbers were in the millions, not the billions.'

"No, I'm not really a CEO. I just like to keep up with the Joneses."

'What can you get with a quarter?'

Inflation Is Up, Interest Rates Are Going Up. . . I'm Asking You To UP Your Donation.

'Steady...here he comes...wait for it, wait for it...'

"I see the businessman's lunch is up 50p."

There's no real oil emergency...

"Times are perfect for us masochists!..."

Food prices.

"Gilts are keeping pace with inflation."

'I sold my house and got what I paid for it. But you bought it in 1962.'

"Actually, these are more valuable than the golden ones now."

'Do you realize we're all getting richer by charging each other more?'

Bankers waking up from cryo-sleep to explain the Fed's interest rate hike to you.

'IBM is up two, Google is up one-half and your prune-Danish is up one buck.'

"I don't know a damn thing about monetary policy,but I know what I like."

$0.13 saved is $0.13 earned. A penny adjusted for inflation from 1737 to today...

Be nice to Erdogan

"What??? For that money I used to get at least a judge, a congressman, and a city councilman!!"

"I think I finally understand inflation."

Gordon Brown is making money.

"How about telling me where you buried the loot? With inflation and all, it won't be worth much when you get out."

Tel Aviv Tents

UK Economy

'Dollar'

Mervyn King

'Consumer income takes a new hop ... Inflation... takes a new high-jump!'

'Inflation allows us to live in a more expensive neighbourhood with even moving.'

"Remember the good ol' days when the house was earning more than the two of us?"

"Everything's higher this year."

'I've rally been hit hard - the price of toothpaste has gone through the roof.'

Addiction: high gas prices.