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Preventing liquidation of an unbalanced market will leave you in tears. Ben Bernanke
You Tears Will Market Unbalanced Preventing Leave Liquidation
The Mexican debt crisis, Latin American debt crisis, the crises of the 1990s, the Wall Street stock market crash, and other events should have reminded us, and did remind us, that financial instability remains a concern, remains a problem. Ben Bernanke
Problem Events Financial Other Market Market Crash Latin Latin American Crises Crisis Remains Instability Remind Reminded Concern Mexican Debt Stock Stock Market Wall Wall Street American Did Crash Us Should Street
I assure this committee that, if I am confirmed, I will be strictly independent of all political influences... essential to that institution's ability to function effectively and achieve its mandated objectives. Ben Bernanke
Political Achieve Will Assure Strictly Independent Ability Objectives Institution Am Effectively Committee Essential Influences Confirmed Function
Our mission, as set forth by the Congress is a critical one: to preserve price stability, to foster maximum sustainable growth in output and employment, and to promote a stable and efficient financial system that serves all Americans well and fairly. Ben Bernanke
Financial Congress Our All Americans System Critical Financial System Promote Output Price Mission Employment Well Fairly Efficient American Stability Maximum Stable Sustainable Forth Foster Serve Growth Set Preserve
I come from Main Street, from a small town that's really depressed. Ben Bernanke
Small Main Small Town Main Street Town Come Depressed Really Street
The Federal Reserve can only buy Treasuries and agencies, and moreover quantitative easing typically involves buying longer-term Treasuries and agencies in terms of bills, for example. Ben Bernanke
Buy Example Easing Only Moreover Federal Federal Reserve For Example Terms Involves Quantitative Agencies Bills Reserve Buying
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. Ben Bernanke
Try Out About Demand Economy Periods Policy Because Smooth Lack Where Cannot Depressed Much Monetary Monetary Policy Growth
The benefit of appointing a hawkish central banker is the increased inflation-fighting credibility that such an appointment brings. Ben Bernanke
Increased Benefit Banker Central Credibility Brings Appointment
In the future, my communications with the public and with the markets will be entirely through regular and formal channels. Ben Bernanke
Future Will Channels Markets Entirely Through Formal Public Communications Regular
The economist John Maynard Keynes said that in the long run, we are all dead. If he were around today he might say that, in the long run, we are all on Social Security and Medicare. Ben Bernanke
Today Long Say Run Security John Long Run He Economist Dead Around Said Were Social Might Social Security Medicare
I've never been on Wall Street. And I care about Wall Street for one reason and one reason only because what happens on Wall Street matters to Main Street. Ben Bernanke
Care Matters About Only Main Never Main Street Because Been Wall Wall Street Happens Reason Street
The amount of currency in circulation is not changing. The money supply is not changing in any significant way. Ben Bernanke
Money Changing Way Circulation Significant Supply Currency Any Amount
The central bank needs to be able to make policy without short term political concerns. Ben Bernanke
Needs Political Able Term Make Concerns Policy Without Bank Short Central Short-Term Central Bank
Investment banks manage to go bankrupt through their investment-banking activities, commercial banks manage to go bankrupt through their commercial-banking activities. Ben Bernanke
Through Investment Go Commercial Manage Bankrupt Banks Activities
The Fed is totally open. Ben Bernanke
Totally Fed Open
The crisis and recession have led to very low interest rates, it is true, but these events have also destroyed jobs, hamstrung economic growth and led to sharp declines in the values of many homes and businesses. Ben Bernanke
Events Values Recession Crisis Destroyed Jobs Rates Economic Economic Growth True Sharp Also Led Very Interest Interest Rates Low Businesses Many Homes Growth
Indeed, in general, healthy investment returns cannot be sustained in a weak economy, and of course it is difficult to save for retirement or other goals without the income from a job. Ben Bernanke
Goals Job Healthy Difficult Other Indeed Weak General Investment Retirement Economy Course Returns Without Sustained Cannot Income Save
I think most of us would agree that people who have, say, little formal schooling but labor honestly and diligently to help feed, clothe, and educate their families are deserving of greater respect - and help, if necessary - than many people who are superficially more successful. Ben Bernanke
Respect People Think Honestly Diligently Say Would More Feed Most Schooling Greater Educate Labor Families Than Formal Little Us Successful Help Who Many Agree Deserving Necessary
Economics has many substantive areas of knowledge where there is agreement, but also contains areas of controversy. That's inescapable. Ben Bernanke
Knowledge Economics Area Contains Also Inescapable Controversy Substantive Where Many Agreement
China is growing very quickly and is clearly becoming an important player in the world economy. Ben Bernanke
World Important Clearly Economy Becoming Very Quickly China Growing World Economy Player
Banks will have to win the confidence of their customers through fair dealing, making good loans, and remaining financially healthy. Ben Bernanke
Good Confidence Win Will Healthy Financially Remaining Through Fair Dealing Making Banks Customers Loans
The Fed's independence is critical. Ben Bernanke
Independence Critical Fed
To the extent that bank panics interfere with normal flows of credit, they may affect the performance of the real economy. Ben Bernanke
Performance Economy Real Affect Normal May Bank Interfere Credit Extent Flows
Actually, I'm a Republican. Ben Bernanke
Republican Actually
There are a number of institutions globally where the Federal Reserve typically leads the U.S. effort to work with financial regulators from other countries, and we try to, to the extent possible, establish international standards for how - the amount of capital a bank should hold, for example, or how much. Ben Bernanke
Work Financial Try Example Other Other Countries Possible Federal Federal Reserve Countries Leads For Example Institutions Globally How How Much Effort Bank Establish Where Hold Capital Much Should Standards International Reserve Amount Extent Number
In the past, Federal Reserve chairmen have not generally gone directly to the public. Ben Bernanke
Past Gone Directly Federal Federal Reserve Generally In The Past Public Reserve
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