[Naspino]

So they lose a TRILLION dollars due to three weeks of war in another country? I think they are predicting losses due to an increased American presence. Smuggling weapons will be far more difficult and they would have got away with it too if it weren't for us meddling kids.

[Polybius]

So they lose a TRILLION dollars due to three weeks of war in another country?

That was my first thought.

Funny how the article never explain just how this bizarre economic phenomenon works.