Ben Bernanke Quotes
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Inflation is up, driven by energy prices. Underlying core rates remain low, which is encouraging.
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To be sure, faster growth in nominal labor compensation does not necessarily portend higher inflation.
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I don't see any significant risk of a recession.
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Clearly it's going to affect the Gulf Coast economy quite a bit. You've had a lot of property damage. Basic services are down.
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Remember that physical beauty is evolution's way of assuring us that the other person doesn't have too many intestinal parasites.
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As an educator myself, I understand the profound effect that good teachers and a quality education have on the lives of our young people.
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The Federal Reserve has never suffered any losses in the course of its normal lending to banks and, now, to primary dealers.
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There appears to be some possibility that the recent trend toward disinflation will continue, primarily because of the potentially large amount of economic slack in the system.
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I don't know why there aren't more Depression buffs.
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Given the extent of the exposures of major banks around the world to A.I.G., and in light of the extreme fragility of the system, there was a significant risk that A.I.G.'s failure could have sparked a global banking panic.
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The GSEs are adequately capitalized. They are in no danger of failing.
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Under a cold turkey strategy, at each policy meeting the Federal Open Market Committee would make its best guess about where it ultimately wants the funds rate to be and would move to that rate in a single step.
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We must ensure that the funds we commit are spent wisely and with careful oversight.
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In the future, financial firms of any type whose failure would pose a systemic risk must accept especially close regulatory scrutiny of their risk-taking.
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I do not subscribe to any rigid and mechanical rule ... I intend to be flexible and to learn from experience.
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Small businesses have played an important role in fueling past economic recoveries.
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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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Roger made invaluable contributions to the Federal Reserve and to the country.
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The credibility has begun to inure in the institution. Keeping inflation low and stable is an important precondition for a healthy and sustained economic growth.
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This necessary spending should not, however, jeopardize the president' long-term deficit-reduction goals.
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To return to levels consistent with price stability in coming quarters.
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There are some petroleum refineries that don't have crude and by allowing them to draw from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve they will be able to produce more gasoline.
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The best solution to income inequality is providing a high-quality education for everybody. In our highly technological, globalized economy, people without education will not be able to improve their economic situation.
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The Federal Reserve will not monetize the debt.