As we wait to see whether Mario Draghi and the European Central Bank will tomorrow announce "whatever it takes" to save the euro (to use his resonant phrase of last week), it is worth reminding ourselves of the eurozone's unhealthy lifestyle (forgive my anthropomorphising please).

BBC: Can Draghi do 'whatever it takes' to save euro?

Perhaps it was predictable, then, that when he offered Congress his semi-annual testimony on the state of the economy this week, the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board avoided controversial phrase-making.

ECONOMIST: Wall Street

The phrase "enlightened self-interest" has been used repeatedly by administration officials this week in describing the role of business.

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Earlier this week the airline's boss had used the same half-hearted phrase to express his hopes of reviving takeover talks with the Chinese state owners of Hainan Airlines.

ECONOMIST: Business travel