Boutique agency CreativeFeed offers Fiscal Crisis release with the launch of US Financial Stress balls

New York, Tuesday December 9th 2008- Ben Bernanke, current Federal Reserve Chairman, Henry Paulson, the Secretary of Treasury and former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan are to become stress-balls instead of stress-heads, with the launch of www.squeezethebanker.com. Providing some unexpected relief to thousands of people ahead of the looming financial crisis.

Created by boutique agency CreativeFeed, and inspired by the three symbols of the US economy, each stress-ball figurine has been crash tested on Wall Street, and are undoubtedly cheaper than a psychologist or Prozac.  The three stress-balls are available for $9 and come in their own limited edition keepsake box.

“Let’s face it, for most Americans, the Dow is a horror show and their $401K savings are now $41K. We thought that a stress ball in the shape of the principal icons of our financial system was  maybe healthier way of facing the strain we are all under.” Says Arthur Ceria, founder of CreativeFeed.

“These dolls from www.Squeezethebanker.com are a symbolic effort at turning the tables on what for most of us is a source of considerable strain. But the economic downturn is of course serious business. That’s why a percentage of each sale will go to Modest Needs,” says Michael Quinn, CreativeFeed Partner.

Guaranteed to raise employee morale (they even fit in mini-Christmas stockings, which means you get to sock it to them, too), a percentage of the sales of Squeezethebanker.com dolls will also go to Modest Needs, an award-winning charity that works to stop poverty before it starts.

This is the first retail product launch from CreativeFeed, a boutique digital agency with offices in New York and San Francisco. 

“We’re a nimble agency that creates and produces ideas quickly. One benefit of our size is being able to respond immediately to seismic social events,” says Arthur Ceria, CreativeFeed founder.

The dolls are available for purchase at SqueezeTheBanker.com priced at $8.99 or £4 with delivery.

OTHER REASONS TO SQUEEZE THE BANKER

1. You have/had a job in banking
2. Dollhouses have higher home values than yours
3. Santa isn't coming this year
4. You'll never get to do it to them for real
5. 5 percent of all proceeds go to Charity
6. A good coping mechanism for the next Board Meeting  
7. More fun than this year's Christmas party  
8. Spruce up your cubicle  
9. Your bonus and retirement are suddenly uncertain  
10. It's going to get worse before it gets better