Jolly Economist Mugs

'Ho,ho,ho, but can you be more specific?'

'Stocks tumbled on the news Santa's credit rating was downgraded.'

"What do you think I can get for it on the blackboard market?"

As long as there are husbands, we'll get our's money's worth!

'You raised the price of air to 50c!' 'Inflation.'

Help! Have to pay back a big world bank loan.

"The fish - will it be the market price at the time of ordering, the time of eating or the time of paying?"

"Just as I feared. Tariffs."

"No, it hasn't, but when the sky does fall your investments are going to do very, very, well.''

Escaping Black Hole - '..But captain that's the pensions black hole there is no escape!'

"The usual? Or will you be having our 'stimulus package'?"

'I feel I owe a lot to my country.' - 'So, you haven't paid your income tax again.'

Santa Claus writes a 'Yule Blog'.

'What can we do to reduce our spending?'

'Sure, I'll take a meeting - but only if you've been very, very good,'

'Great! Thanks to the damn mortage crisis, we've got to live in a neighbourhood now where we wake up with yellow feet every second morning...'

Investments: Still Open to New Investors - 'A fool & his money fund.'

'I'm an economist, but I try not to take myself too seriously.'

'Your call would have been important to us before we went out of business.'

"...Or we could give to the rich, and it would just trickle down to the poor."

"We're trying to put the fun back into filing taxes."

'First I'd like to remind you of the true meaning of christmas - profits.'

Akme National Bank: Our Assets Can Whip Your Assets.

Recession tips & taxes

'I'm on a budget TOO, you know!'

'He's our newest recruit, a specialist in multi-jurisdictional consumer products..'

More toxic assets.

'The dollar fell against all major currencies this morning, and then, while getting up, bumped its head, REALLY HARD, on some sort of coffee table. I'm afraid that's all we have right now. Stay tuned for further updates.'

"Is that a fixed-rate scowl or is it adjustable to the current interest rate?"

'Government economists said today's stock market drop was due to 'normal gravitational forces'.'

Department of Commerce, Economic Forecasting, Division of Estimates & Alibis

'Instead of a medal, could you just give me a tax cut?'

'Today, a downturn in 'social conscience' stocks on news that 'nice guys finish last'.'

'Thank you for participating in the 'Redistribution of Wealth' movement.'

'I can't make ends meet, let alone justify the means.'