Recession Readers Gifts

"This is definitely not going to be good for the economy!"

'Do you want to tell them their department is being downsized again, or should I?'

'We're living in a round hole economy.'

'Bit of a staffing problem, Boss. We haven't got any left.'

Warning that Inflationary Policies Could Lead to Crash on Wall St

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

'Oh, no! It's all in euros!'

"This is the World Bank? Somehow, I had pictured it differently."

Depressed Businessman at Office Christmas Party.

'Crisis'

'Money is a bit tight at the moment, so instead of cash we wondered whether you'd settle for 20% more meaningless protestations of how much we value you?'

Economy.

Statue of Liberty and the Financial Crisis

Cigars for the Upcoming Bear Market

Recession

'You can't fire me! I'm too big to fail!'

Obama's Financial Reform Pill: I hope they won't need a glass of water.

Geezernomics - Crash of 1929.

White House Garage Sale.

'Well, that's simplified the mission statement.'

Federal Guidelines

Grim Reaper leaning on scared trader.

"Your job will be to make these results look Stellar."

"I can't go on reading this. . . I'm scared to death!"

Squeezing a tight budget...

Low standard of living

'Makes you feel insignificant, doesn't it?'

"Goodbye cruel world."

US Dollar weakens.

Profits - "It's worse than you think it goes down to the third floor."

Bad news airbag

Road to Recovery: Snakes and Ladders.

'Bad news for those of you who believe goods and services should be exchanged for money.'

Financial crisis and layoffs

'The bad news is that the dollar is down -- the good news is that nobody seems to have any.'