Economy Jokers Gifts

'Sure, go ahead and devalue our currency -- everybody ELSE does.'

Magician finds his pockets empty due to high food prices.

'We should buy London and ship it to the States!'

"Gas. Regular. Premium. Super. You don’t want to know."

Thrift: have your arms and legs amputated, use a pillow for a bed!

"The fish - will it be the market price at the time of ordering, the time of eating or the time of paying?"

'The hard hats? In case of falling interest rates.'

"No, it hasn't, but when the sky does fall your investments are going to do very, very, well.''

'Nonsense, Harry, it's my treat. I'm filing for bankruptcy tomorrow.'

'We can't move in with my parents - they've moved in with grandma!'

"Let's vote. All those in favour of flying to Switzerland, withdrawing our secret bank account and splitting?"

'I bet he gets a better rate of interest than me!'

"Damn tail... now he's going to ask for more money."

"This town ain't big enough for the both of us and, even if it was, I doubt either of us could afford to buy a place here given the current sellers' market."

'Great! Thanks to the damn mortage crisis, we've got to live in a neighbourhood now where we wake up with yellow feet every second morning...'

'Boy, are the markets getting sensitive, anymore.'

'Well, Sylvester, I think we'll show a profit this quarter now that we've eliminated our overloaded payroll.'

'This is one of those 'shovel ready' jobs you hear about.'

"We'll double our chances of recovery if we buy two lottery tickets."

"The most important feature of economic predictions is trying not to laugh while making them."

'I just asked to see the annual figures...'

"We try to inject a little humor in our statements, but you should take them seriously."

"...And when the world economy collapses, we all stand up and take over! Agreed?"

It's a nice apartment but I don't want to pay my share of the national debt for rent.

'Would you believe that I lost my job just because the banking regulatory authority said that I'm too greedy??!'

'It's from my stockbroker - he'd like to join us.'

'Former wall street financial whiz will work for obscene salary, bonus,perks...'

"Pearson is known for his austere monetary views."

'In this economy, money is the lure.'

'So how have the cuts affected you?'

'Interest rates are down, so we'll only pull one more.'

"Your coupon is great, but we'll soon be switching over to this as our new crapto currency."

"They call the dollar stable and you know what's in the stable."

"Is that a fixed-rate scowl or is it adjustable to the current interest rate?"

'I'm sorry, honey, but your dog Scraps has gone on to a better place now. I sold him to that family across the road with an inground pool.'