Black Friday is not another bad hair day in Wall Street. Its the term used by American retailers to describe the day after the Thanksgiving Holiday, seen as the semi-official start of Christmas shopping season. – Evan Davis
Being funny, it turns out, is like being a bank. Its a confidence trick. As long as everyone believes in you, you are fine. – Evan Davis
In principle, there are only three main components of spending that much matter to monetary policy: consumer spending, business investment and exports and trade. – Evan Davis
We Brits print banknotes out in Debden in Essex, and have contracted it out to the private sector. Here in the U.S. it is a government operation right in the heart of Washington next door to the Holocaust Museum. – Evan Davis