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The impact on the broader economy and financial markets of the problems in the subprime markets seems likely to be contained.

Ben Bernanke

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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Acting Country Financial Lace
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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Growth Long Running
The Federal Reserve will not monetize the debt.
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Debt Federal Reserve Reserves
September and October of 2008 was the worst financial crisis in global history, including the Great Depression.
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Financial October September
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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Economy Risk Struggle
It takes about two and a half percent growth just to keep unemployment stable.
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Growth Two Unemployment
If Wall Street crashes, does Main Street follow? Not necessarily.
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Crash Doe Wall
I don’t fully understand movements in the gold price.
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Gold Movement Price
The American people are among the most productive in the world. We have the best technologies. We have – great universities. We have entrepreneurs.
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Entrepreneur People Technology World
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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Delinquency Rising Years
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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Career Education Money
I don’t see much evidence of an equity bubble.
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Bubbles Equity Evidence
Achieving price stability is not only important in itself, it is also central to attaining the Federal Reserve’s other mandate objectives of maximum sustainable employment and moderate long-term interest rates.
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Employment Important Long
Not all information is beneficial.
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Beneficial Information
It must be awfully frustrating to get a small raise at work and then have it all eaten by a higher cost of commuting.
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Cost Frustrating Raises
Economics is a highly sophisticated field of thought that is superb at explaining to policymakers precisely why the choices they made in the past were wrong. About the future, not so much.
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Choices Fields Past

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