Inflation Quotes
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When future historians look back on our way of curing inflation they'll probably compare it to bloodletting in the Middle Ages.
Lee Iacocca
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What we call "willing" is often but an inflation of ourselves, attended by a hardening.
Nilakanta Sri Ram
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When prices are stable, people can hold money for transactions and other purposes without having to worry that inflation will eat away at the real value of their money balances.
Ben Bernanke
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To support continued healthy growth, vigilance in regard to inflation is essential.
Ben Bernanke
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There's one thing that the Fed has been really good at cracking down on, and that's inflation.
Paul Krugman
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A very important factor is the fact that inflation expectations are well-controlled and well-contained, which means that the Federal Reserve, unlike the 70s, doesn't have to react violently in terms of raising interest rates to contain the second- and third-round inflationary impacts. So I remain pretty optimistic about the economy.
Ben Bernanke
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Our assessment currently is that the risks to inflation are perhaps the more significant at the moment, and we need to address that.
Ben Bernanke
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Some idea of inflation comes from seeing a youngster get his first job at a salary you dreamed of as the culmination of your career.
Bill Vaughan
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The risk exists that, with aggregate demand exhibiting considerable momentum, output could overshoot its sustainable path, leading ultimately in the absence of countervailing monetary policy action to further upward pressure on inflation.
Ben Bernanke
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Inflation is up, driven by energy prices. Underlying core rates remain low, which is encouraging.
Ben Bernanke
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To be sure, faster growth in nominal labor compensation does not necessarily portend higher inflation.
Ben Bernanke
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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.
Ben Bernanke
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What the Fed is really trying to say is that it doesn't know what it is going to do next. And if the markets abhor anything, it is uncertainty. Expect bond and stock market volatility to increase from here until the inflation outlook solidifies.
Scott Anderson
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The best way that a central bank can support growth on a durable basis is to ensure inflation is low, stable - there is financial stability - and that is the role that the central bank plays.
Urjit Patel
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Inflation is not even a remote risk in the U.S.. Because inflation is so low, monetary policy can afford to be patient to be sure that the recovery is sustained.
Ben Bernanke
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Mass inflation, welfare line, gross economy, trade it all for what's behind curtain number three.
Joe Walsh The Eagles
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The inflation objective is explicitly a long-term or medium term objective. It focuses on, for example, core inflation to avoid getting involved in short-term fluctuations in energy prices and the like.
Ben Bernanke
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Inflation, especially a slow steady rise in prices, encourages producers, because it means that they can commit themselves to costs of production on one price level and then, later, offer the finished product for sale at a somewhat higher price level. This situation encourages production because it gives confidence of an almost certain profit margin.
Carroll Quigley
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Deficits do not in themselves produce inflation, nor does a balanced budget assure a stable price level.
William Vickrey
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These inflation effects should fade even if energy prices remain elevated, so long as monetary policy keeps inflation expectations well-anchored.
Ben Bernanke
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Providing quantitative guidance about the meaning of 'long-term price stability' could have several advantages, including further reducing public uncertainty about monetary policy and anchoring long-term inflation expectations even more effectively.
Ben Bernanke
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With the shrinking of the US economy, and it's shrinking very rapidly, you not only have more money, but you also have fewer goods. That's a classic double-whammy on inflation.
Arthur Laffer
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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.
Ben Bernanke
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However, this President sees no problem eliminating funding for Perkins Loans in his budget, even though the cost of tuition is rising and will continue to rise as the administration's policies force inflation.
Tim Bishop