When it comes to winning friends in Washington, these are not great days for bankers.
Another important business for Dutch bankers was foreign exchange trading.
Last year's abundance helped produce an especially rich bonus season for bankers.
The calls also provide an informal setting for bankers to ask questions on issues of concern.
They have become dormitories for bankers and people in advertising.
This has not exactly been a time of great love for bankers.
It seems clear to me that this is a Europe for bankers.
By analogy, I do not see why it should be any different for central bankers.
The transfer to the euro is not only an economic question for bankers and financial institutions.
They were published for bankers, but by then Hubble hadn't been a banker any more.