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• n  a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)
• n  a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control
  a real estate bubble
• n  an impracticable and illusory idea
  he didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble
• n  a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic
• v  form, produce, or emit bubbles
• v  flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
• v  rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles
  bubble to the surface
• v  cause to form bubbles
  bubble gas through a liquid
• v  expel gas from the stomach

• E-Mail a Friend All good things must come to an end but do they have to end so soon? A new bubble-blowing formula called Catch-A-Bubble extends the lifespan of the average soap .
• The dotcom bubble had burst, and 911 had squelched whatever was left of the old irrational exuberance.
• At the heart of the credit crunch now afflicting the global economy is the bursting of a great housing bubble throughout much of the developed world.

• house of cards
• ripple
• babble
• guggle
• burble
• gurgle
• burp
• belch
• eruct

News & Articles

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• The Biggest Bond Bubble In History Is Turning Into Carnage
  “We’ve intentionally blown the biggest government bond bubble in history,” confessed Andy Haldane, Executive Director of Financial Stability at the Bank of England, to Members of Parliament in London last week. The bursting of that bubble was a risk he felt “acutely,” he warned.
  June 18, 2013 - Business Insider
• Biggest Bond Bubble In History Is Turning Into Carnage
  Wolf Richter   www.testosteronepit.com    www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter “We’ve intentionally blown the biggest government bond bubble in history,” confessed Andy Haldane, Executive Director of Financial Stability at the Bank of England, to Members of Parliament in London last week. The bursting of that bubble was a risk he felt “acutely,” he warned. There have already been “shades of ...
  June 18, 2013 - Zero Hedge
• The Chinese Credit Bubble In Four Charts
  China's credit bubble is unlike anything in modern history, according to Fitch. Ambrose Evans-Pritchard of The Guardian reported that Fitch thinks the scale of Chinese credit is so massive that it can no longer grow out of its excesses.
  June 18, 2013 - Business Insider

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in TIME
  In the end, this is a symptom of a larger problem - a bubble and bust economy that valued reckless speculation over responsibility and hard work,President Obama said in a statement. "That is what we must ultimately repair to build a...
• David Cameron in This is London
  Those bad debts, those risky loans, the soaring house prices, the systemic risk, the asset price bubble - they all fell between the cracks of the system,said Mr Cameron.
• Sacha Baron Cohen in FOXNews
  Kenneth, if it was not for that rancid bubble, I would not be here today,Cohen said.