Monday, October 12, 2009

Economics II

I carp about the economic health of myself and my country here, from time to time, but normally I keep to stuff that makes sense to me. This:
Leaves me baffled. If I had an advanced degree, I might pretend to be able to make sense of it. Asking experts doesn't help either, they just gurgle, crawl under their desks, and begin sucking their thumbs. I have to assume it's an portent of those "interesting times" the Chinese curse refers to.

I don't keep a big supply of food. I keep 3 extra tanks of propane, and a mental list of which of the neighbors will make the best steaks. NOTE: If you paint red crosses on the doors, hood, and tailgate of your piclup, people ask fewer questions when you're "bringing home the bacon".

2 comments:

jed said...

Is there any indication at all as to what it's supposed to be? Trading volume? 4th derivative of the velocity to the power of e?

Billll said...

I found this on Theo Spark. There was no indication of what it might be there, either. I suppose one could Google the abbreviations in search of answers.
Discount might be the fed funds discount rate,
Swaps are a financial trading implement. Not sure what AIG is doing on there if that's the corporate stock value, or it could be someones idea of modern art.