Ben Bernanke Quotes - Page 2

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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.

  Ben Bernanke

  Thinking, House, Employment

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• The risk that the economy has entered a substantial downturn appears to have diminished over the past month or so.

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  Past, Risk, Months

  "MAULDIN: Economists Are Totally Clueless About The Economy" by John Mauldin, www.businessinsider.com. June 16, 2013.

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• Monetary policy cannot do much about long-run growth, all we can try to do is to try to smooth out periods where the economy is depressed because of lack of demand

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  Running, Long, Growth

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• Speaking as somebody who has been happily married for 35 years, I can't imagine any choice more consequential for a lifelong journey than the choice of a traveling companion.

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  Travel, Journey, Years

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• Inflation is certainly low and stable and, measured in unemployment and labour-market slack, the economy has made a lot of progress. The pace of growth is disappointingly slow, mostly because productivity growth has been very slow, which is not really something amenable to monetary policy. It comes from changes in technology, changes in worker skills and a variety of other things, but not monetary policy, in particular.

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  Technology, Growth, Progress

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• We do not expect significant spillovers from the subprime market to the rest of the economy or to the financial system.

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  Financial, Economy, Significant

  "The Subprime Mortgage Market". Ben S. Bernanke's speech at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s 43rd Annual Conference on Bank Structure and Competition in Chicago, Illinois, www.federalreserve.gov. May 17, 2007.

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• Life is amazingly unpredictable; any 22-year-old who thinks they know where they will be in 10 years, much less in 30, is simply lacking imagination.

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  Thinking, Years, Imagination

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• With respect to their safety, derivatives, for the most part, are traded among very sophisticated financial institutions and individuals who have considerable incentive to understand them and to use them properly.

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  Safety, Use, Incentives

  "Hearing Regarding Ben Bernanke's Nomination to Be Chairman of the Board of Goverrnors of the Federal Reserve". U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, www.washingtonpost.com. November 15, 2005.

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• While rising delinquencies and foreclosures will continue to weigh heavily on the housing market this year, it will not cripple the U.S.

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  Years, Rising, Delinquency

  "Explaining FinReg: Shadow bank runs, or the problem behind the problem". voices.washingtonpost.com. June 20, 2007.

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• If you are not happy with yourself, even the loftiest achievements won't bring you much satisfaction.

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  Achievement, Satisfaction, Not Happy

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• The financial crisis appears to be mostly behind us, and the economy seems to have stabilized and is expanding again.

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  Financial, Economy, Expanding

  "DAVID ROSENBERG: Mario Draghi Just Uttered His Famous Last Words" by Mamta Badkar, www.businessinsider.com. July 27, 2012.

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• The central bank needs to be able to make policy without short term political concerns.

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  Political, Needs, Able

  "Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's Take On The Economy". "60 Minutes" with Scott Pelley, www.cbsnews.com. December 3, 2010.

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• Nobody really understands gold prices and I don't pretend to understand them either.

  Ben Bernanke

  Gold, Gold Price

  "What's in the Vault?". www.businessinsider.com. June 11, 2014.

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• September and October of 2008 was the worst financial crisis in global history, including the Great Depression.

  Ben Bernanke

  October, September, Financial

  "Report Details Wall Street Crisis". "The Wall Street Journal", January 28, 2011.

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• The economic repercussions of a stock market crash depend less on the severity of the crash itself than on the response of economic policymakers, particularly central bankers.

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  Bankers, Economics, Crash

  "A Crash Course for Central Bankers" by Ben Bernanke, foreignpolicy.com. Novemeber 20, 2009.

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• The sources of deflation are not a mystery. Deflation is in almost all cases a side effect of a collapse of aggregate demand.. a drop in spending so severe that producers must cut prices on an ongoing basis in order to find buyers.

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  Cutting, Order, Ongoing

  "Helicopter Money" by Richard Duncan, www.businessinsider.com. July 1, 2011.

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• Education - lifelong education for everyone - from toddlers to workers well advanced in their careers - is indeed an excellent investment for individuals and society as a whole.

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  Education, Money, Careers

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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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  Struggle, Risk, Economy

  "Ben Bernanke’s Secret Code" by Kevin Drum, www.motherjones.com. November 16, 2010.

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• The crisis in Europe has affected the US economy by acting as a drag on our exports, weighing on business and consumer confidence and pressuring US financial markets and institutions.

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  Europe, Acting, Financial

  "China digs its heels in as Europe crisis deepens". "The World Today" with Emily Bourke, www.abc.net.au. June 8, 2012.

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• Developments in financial markets can have broad economic effects felt by many outside the markets.

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  Development, Financial, Economic

  "Bernanke Sets The Right Tone" by Hale 'Bonddad' Stewart, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 31, 2007.

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• Investment banks manage to go bankrupt through their investment-banking activities, commercial banks manage to go bankrupt through their commercial-banking activities.

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  Commercial Banks, Banking, Investment

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• The best approach here, if at all possible, is to use supervisory and regulatory methods to restrain undue risk-taking and to make sure the system is resilient in case an asset-price bubble bursts in the future.

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  Risk, Use, Investing

  "U.S. Fed boosts bank scrutiny" by Craig Torres and Michael McKee, www.nationalpost.com. November 20, 2009.

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• Both humanity's capacity to innovate and the incentives to innovate are greater today than at any other time in history.

  Ben Bernanke

  Humanity, Incentives, Today

  "Ben Bernanke Optimistic About Future Innovation In Commencement Address" by Alister Bull, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 18, 2013.

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• It's the price of success: people start to think you're omnipotent.

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  Thinking, People, Price Of Success

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• Not all information is beneficial.

  Ben Bernanke

  Information, Beneficial

  Interview with Art Rolnick, www.minneapolisfed.org. June 1, 2004.

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