The "pig," in this case, represents inflation and its tentacles into the global economy. The "python" is the domestic economy.

The pig in the book's title was the Baby-boom Generation of the 1950s and 1960s, and the python was contemporary 1990s society as it struggled to digest them as they moved through its economic ...

The lag effect of monetary policy changes will surprise the Fed as the fiscal “pig” of stimulus begins to exit the economic “python.” ...

Zelman closely watches the problem loans (the pig) that need to be moved through the long foreclosure and REO process (the python), so that the houses can be put out onto the market and absorbed.

A 12-year-old Australian girl jumped into action to save her pet guinea pig from the teeth of an eight-foot python in the family's backyard.

A 12-year-old girl in Australia swung around an eight-foot python as she tried to free her pet guinea pig during a dramatic rescue caught on video.

The Pig Exits The Python Investors are currently clinging from one economic headline, or Fed comment, to the next in hopes of a sign the Fed will restart monetary accommodation.