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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
You want to put the fire out first and then worry about the fire code. Ben Bernanke
You Fire First Worry Out About Put Want Then Code
As you know, in the latter part of 2008 and early 2009, the Federal Reserve took extraordinary steps to provide liquidity and support credit market functioning, including the establishment of a number of emergency lending facilities and the creation or extension of currency swap agreements with 14 central banks around the world. Ben Bernanke
You World Creation Extraordinary Took Market Latter Emergency Facilities Federal Federal Reserve Part Support Steps Know Around Provide Liquidity Currency Establishment Banks Central Lending Swap Agreements Including Reserve Credit Extension Early Number
Imperfect substitutability of assets implies that changes in the supplies of various assets available to private investors may affect the prices and yields of those assets. Ben Bernanke
Changes Those Various Imperfect Prices Supplies Investors Implies Private Affect Yields May Available Assets
The Libor system is structurally flawed. It is a major problem for our financial system and for the confidence in the financial system. We need to address it. Ben Bernanke
Confidence Problem Financial Our Address System Financial System Major Major Problem Flawed Need
One would be forgiven for concluding that the assumed benefits of financial innovation are not all they were cracked up to be. Ben Bernanke
Innovation Benefits Financial Assumed Would Would-Be Were Up Cracked Forgiven
A collapse in U.S. stock prices certainly would cause a lot of white knuckles on Wall Street. Ben Bernanke
Cause White Collapse Would Prices Knuckle Lot Stock Wall Wall Street Certainly Street
Low and stable inflation in many countries is an important accomplishment that will continue to bring significant benefits. Ben Bernanke
Benefits Inflation Will Important Significant Countries Continue Accomplishment Stable Low Many Bring
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