Gnomes of Zurich

The last thing this world needs is gnomes of Zurich.

The Gnomes of Zurich, it turns out, are no match for such an organisation.

Not even the Russians have been able to buffalo the gnomes of Zurich.

Nearly half the federal budget "goes to the gnomes of Zurich or Wall Street," he said.

That means even if the economy rapidly recovers, the nation will still be in hock to the gnomes of Zurich.

He was robust on tax evasion and avoidance, declaring that even the gnomes of Zurich were not beyond his reach.

For the gnomes of Zurich alone.

The word "Gnome" may refer to the Gnomes of Zurich.

The Gnomes of Zurich.

The use of French was explained by the client's clothes; even the subordinate gnomes of Zurich were observant.

The real 'Gnomes of Zurich' actually work with Swiss chocolate and are more correctly called Toblergnomes.

Who coined the phrase 'Gnomes Of Zurich'?

Then, it could be any number of people or things, like gold to the gnomes of Zurich or polar bears to the Eskimos.

Harold Wilson used to attack the currency speculators, coining the famous expression "the gnomes of Zurich" to exemplify all that was evil about international finance.

Emerging from a crisis meeting at which the Labour government discussed the plummeting pound, Brown snapped: "The gnomes of Zurich are at work again."

He coined the term "gnomes of Zurich" to describe Swiss bankers whom he accused of pushing the pound down by speculation.

Often, the guilty blame the economic catastrophe on the sinister manipulations of foreigners like the "gnomes of Zurich" or the IMF.

'Gnomes of Zurich three, Gnomes of Downing Street nil.'

"Gnome Sweet Gnomes" was written about Gnomes of Zurich, which is a disparaging term for Swiss bankers.

The gnomes of Zurich and London and Wall Street have said, "What are these Canadians going to do, are they going to turn this deal down?"

These powerful money men have been called the "gnomes of Tokyo," successors to the "gnomes of Zurich," the Swiss bankers once believed to hold sway over world finance.

The Gnomes of Zurich There are very few Gnomes in Zurich and those who are there, have nothing to do with banking or other finance industries.

Banks, pension funds, the gnomes of Zurich, central bankers, mutual funds, RRSPs, credit unions, aboriginals, and students all receive careful attention - both positive and negative.

In the run-up to the UK's IMF bailout, there was a lot of hostility to the world's banking community, the "gnomes of Zurich", but not to Europe as such.

And like the governors of the Federal Reserve, the gnomes of Zurich and other European capitals are inclined these days to err on the side of fiscal and monetary prudence.