Economy Quotes
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Only a strong economy can create higher asset values and sustainably good returns for savers.
Ben Bernanke
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If I am confirmed by the Senate I will do everything in my power, in collaboration with by Fed colleagues to help assure the continued prosperity and stability of the American economy.
Ben Bernanke
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After several false starts, the economy is showing signs of sustained recovery.
Ben Bernanke
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In the shorter term, the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina will have a palpable effect on the national economy.
Ben Bernanke
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We do recognise that there are areas where the current financial services market, the banking market, just isn't working for chunks of the British economy.
Vince Cable
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Even the most well-meaning government policies have unintended consequences that have harmed the economy. If government policies were today held accountable the way private businesses are, the scoreboard would say government is failing to help people...and this is a fact.
Ziad K. Abdelnour
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I think it's important to take a look behind the numbers, ... As the economy gains steam and people gain confidence about their job prospects they will declare themselves back in the job market and the unemployment rate may increase. That's I think what we're seeing today.
Elaine Chao
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When the state unraveled Yukos, officials insisted it was a single such case rather than a trend. But it soon became obvious that Yukos was not a single case, that this concerns the entire economy.... Yukos was a campaign, which is intensifying weekly.
Andrey Illarionov
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The 'American dream' ... means an economy in which people who work hard can get ahead and each new generation lives better than the last one. The 'American dream' also means a democratic political system in which most people feel they can affect public decisions and elect officials who will speak for them. In recent years, the dream has been fading.
Alice Rivlin
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The risk that the economy has entered a substantial downturn appears to have diminished over the past month or so.
Ben Bernanke
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California's coastal economy and environment are just as important as Florida's.
Lois Capps
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When the economy is growing, there's a lot that can be done to deal with the deficit.
Henry Paulson
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I certainly wouldn't say that we loved the arms race. Trillions of dollars were used to stoke it. For our economy, which was smaller in size than the American economy, it was a burden. But one cannot agree with the statement that the arms race played the key role in the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Mikhail Gorbachev
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No economy can succeed without a high-quality workforce, particularly in an age of globalization and technical change.
Ben Bernanke
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The resilience of the economy ... is helping it to absorb the shocks to energy and transportation from the hurricanes.
Ben Bernanke
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The outlook for interest rates is still positive. Canada's economy is still moving ahead, keeping expectations of higher rates alive.
Ian Stannard
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By restraining spending and by cutting the deficit, Republican policies are helping to keep our economy strong.
Dennis Hastert
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It is a little surprising given the strength of the economy that there is a perception - at least among some of the public - that the economy is not very good.
Edward Lazear
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The economy is still in very good shape.
Brian Jones The Rolling Stones
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The federal budget deficit is the biggest single impediment to revitalizing the American economy.
Alice Rivlin
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To handle the economy and services in a country like Iraq requires delegation of authority and the choice of competent people.
Ahmed Chalabi
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Although I wrote as an anthropologist rather than as a professional historian, I think history matters. It is also important to understand how an why these systems develop and extend their sway over people, and I located the rationale in the ways power and the economy sustain and drive each other on.
Eric Wolf
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After the 1929 crash, the Federal Reserve mistakenly focused its policies on preserving the gold value of the dollar rather than on stabilizing the domestic economy.
Ben Bernanke
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If we get a government that reflects more of what this country is really about, we can turn the century - and the economy - around.
Bella Abzug