Interest Rate Investigator Gifts

"We must be paying too much for our mortgage - the bank just named us 'Borrowers of the Month."

'What's your not-quite-so prime rate?'

Eighty, eighty five, ninety, ninety five and five makes a pound.

Bank. I'm getting zero percent on my savings! We've reached the point of no return.

'I think I must be ambidextrous. I can calculate interest with both sides of my brain.'

Inflation Is Up, Interest Rates Are Going Up. . . I'm Asking You To UP Your Donation.

"The interest rate can't go any lower, so if necessary, we'll have to go back to pounds of flesh."

'We can mortgage your future for a very attractive low interest rate.'

'Are you good with decimals? Our certificate of deposit is currently paying 0.025%.'

"I see the businessman's lunch is up 50p."

'Of course we have to learn decimals. How else will we be able to compare bank interest rates.'

There's no real oil emergency...

"And please let Alan Greenspan accept the things he cannot change, give him the courage to change the things he can and the wisdom to know the difference."

Making borrowing easier

Finance Co., Refinance Co.

"Gilts are keeping pace with inflation."

'There's no interest on your purchase for a year. Then we become VERY interested in your balance after that.'

"Don't forget — it's good to give, but even better to get back."

Bank of England Base Rates.

'Just a minute while I pull up your file.'

Devil-may-care loans.

'My accounts aren't insured, but it's the risk I take for higher interest rates.'

"I'm here to pay off the last loan installment!"

"According to my actuary tables, your loan will outlive you."

A man at a cash dispenser gives a shocked reaction on reading his bank statement.

'Here's a hundred bucks -- now, you give me $101.37.'

The End of Economic Stimulus is Near!

'Do you realize we're all getting richer by charging each other more?'

'I'd think that after a $800 billion bailout, you could do better than 1.2% for 11 months.'

Bankers waking up from cryo-sleep to explain the Fed's interest rate hike to you.

"If a higher interest rate is a sign of a stronger economy, you must think I'm golden."

Tel Aviv Tents

Mervyn King

"I think I finally understand inflation."

'Consumer income takes a new hop ... Inflation... takes a new high-jump!'