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Ben Bernanke

Over the years, the U.S. economy has shown a remarkable ability to absorb shocks of all kinds, to recover, and to continue to grow.
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Kind Success Years
Among the largest banks, the capital ratios remain good and I don’t expect any serious problems . . . . among the large, internationally active banks that make up a very substantial part of our banking system.
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Banking Ratio Serious
The benefit of appointing a hawkish central banker is the increased inflation-fighting credibility that such an appointment brings.
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Bankers Benefit Fighting
It’s the price of success: people start to think you’re omnipotent.
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People Price Success Thinking
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
The lesson of history is that you do not get a sustained economic recovery as long as the financial system is in crisis.
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Lessons Long Recovery
Not all information is beneficial.
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Beneficial Information
The basic prescription for preventing deflation is therefore straightforward, at least in principle: Use monetary and fiscal policy as needed to support aggregate spending.
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Business Principle Support
So it’s important, as it affects overall levels of production and employment in the U.S. There are many domestic industries doing well in the United States, notwithstanding a strong dollar.
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Country Dollar Employment Overall Strong
I don’t fully understand movements in the gold price.
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Gold Movement Price
In the future, my communications with the public and with the markets will be entirely through regular and formal channels.
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Communication Formal
I’d throw dollars out of helicopters if I had to, to stimulate the economy.
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Dollars Economy Helicopters
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.
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Long might Running
The amount of currency in circulation is not changing. The money supply is not changing in any significant way.
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Currency Significant Way
I don’t see much evidence of an equity bubble.
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Bubbles Equity Evidence
I and others were mistaken early on in saying that the subprime crisis would be contained. The causal relationship between the housing problem and the broad financial system was very complex and difficult to predict.
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Casual Financial Problem Relationship

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