Mall Maestro Mugs

'Come on, Raymond, we haven't reached our credit limit yet!'

"This is not permanent...we'll be back as soon as things start to look up."

Profit

'The prevailing wisdom is that markets are always right. I think that luck is always right.'

'Don't worry. It's never too hot or never too cold.'

'You call it a bra. I call it excess packaging.'

'He's so rich, when he writes a cheque the bank bounces.'

Desk plaques: 'Money isn't everything' '...Which makes it no less awesome in my opinion.'

"We need to change, but WHEN?"

"I'm not happy about what the economists are predicting."

"I can always tell when Philip is working on family finances. A 'cursor' appears on both sides of the computer screen."

"He's such a fussy eater."

"Basically, your new job here at the Treasury Department implementing the bailout is simple, Grayson, just grab and armful of money and run..."

'When investment bankers give parental advice'

A Tit for Tat.

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

"I need to increase my salary so I can increase my spending."

"I guess someone got up on the wrong side of the podium today."

'No, this metal stress can't be fixed with liberal doses of antidepressants.'

"Genius is 1% inspiration, 99% budget allocation."

'Need I tell you the name of the game?'

'Now this is my kind of green!'

U.S. Credit Rating

'I used to work for the Treasury Department, but there's no future in economic forecasts.'

'Howard's doing things he's always wanted to with his redundancy money.'

'And this is my strategic money reserve.'

Early Attempt at Quantitative Easing.

Woman at a desk with in out boxes marked Market Up Market Down.

"Tax evasion is like a cancer, it's growing exponentially!"

Bank cashier sits near sign: 'Please do not ask for credit, as refusal often offends'.

Wealth Juggler.

"This is bad work, Edwards! Bad! Bad! Bad! Bad!"

'If we're going to have a banking relationship, you'll have to trust me more than this.'

"Do you swear to calm the jittery financial markets, all the jittery financial markets and nothing but the jittery financial markets, so help you God?"

'Please remember, it's not a lie if it turns a profit.'