Ben Bernanke Quotes
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Among the largest banks, the capital ratios remain good and I don’t expect any serious problems . . . . among the large, internationally active banks that make up a very substantial part of our banking system.
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The Federal Reserve's job is to do the right thing, to take the long-run interest of the economy to heart, and that sometimes means being unpopular. But we have to do the right thing.
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He lived with us for 24 years, ... He studied with us.
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The world has a great deal more to offer than money.
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Nobody likes to fail but failure is an essential part of life and of learning. If your uniform isn't dirty, you haven't been in the game.
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When the economic well-being of their nation demanded a strong and creative response, my colleagues at the Federal Reserve... mustered the moral courage to do what was necessary.
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Might have done much more harm than good.
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Although low inflation is generally good, inflation that is too low can pose risks to the economy - especially when the economy is struggling.
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Well, the U.S., of course, is the world's largest economy. It's about a quarter of the world's output. It's also home to many of the largest financial institutions and financial markets.
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Textbooks describe economics as the study of the allocation of scarce resources. That definition may be the 'what,' but it certainly is not the 'why.'
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For practitioners of community development, as in any field, joining a network of like-minded professionals is important for building skills and becoming aware of opportunities and resources.
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Community development has a long history of innovation and learning from experience.
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Honest error in the face of complex and possibly intractable problems is a far more important source of bad results than are bad motives.
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We’ve never had a decline in house prices on a nationwide basis. So, what I think what is more likely is that house prices will slow, maybe stabilize, might slow consumption spending a bit. I don’t think it’s going to drive the economy too far from its full employment path, though.
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Nobody really understands gold prices and I don't pretend to understand them either.
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History has demonstrated time and again the inherent resilience and recuperative powers of the American economy.
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Until the job market improves, this recovery will not feel like a recovery to most Americans.
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Uncertainty is seen to retard investment independently of considerations of risk or expected return.
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The Fed's policy choices can always be debated, but the quality and commitment of the Federal Reserve as a public institution is second to none, and I am proud to lead it.
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Thus far, at least, the growth effects of energy price increases appear relatively modest.
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These are issues that we are going to have to address, because they are significant.
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Unfortunately there's nothing, really, that can be done that's going to affect energy prices or gasoline prices in the very short run.
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The amount of currency in circulation is not changing. The money supply is not changing in any significant way.
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Reconstruction is going to add jobs and growth to the economy.