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Ben Bernanke

I’d throw dollars out of helicopters if I had to, to stimulate the economy.
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Dollars Economy Helicopters
If you want to understand geology, study earthquakes. If you want to understand the economy, study the Depression.
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Depression Earthquake Want
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
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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Investing Risk Use
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
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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Incentives Safety Use
It takes about two and a half percent growth just to keep unemployment stable.
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Growth Two Unemployment
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.
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Growth Home Jobs
It’s the price of success: people start to think you’re omnipotent.
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People Price Success Thinking
It is not the responsibility of the Federal Bank – nor would it be appropriate – to protect lenders and investors from the consequences of their decisions
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Decision Economics Responsibility
[Virtual Currencies] may hold long-term promise, particularly if the innovations Promote a faster, more secure and more efficient payment system.
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Innovation Long Promise
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
Developments in financial markets can have broad economic effects felt by many outside the markets.
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Development Economic Financial
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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Economy Financial Significant
If your uniform isn’t dirty, you haven’t been in the game.
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Dirty Game Graduation
In a manner as nearly consistent as possible with full utilization of economic resources and low and stable inflation. In other words, the best way to get out of trouble is not to get into it in the first place.
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Best Economic Inflation Resources Way

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