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The financial crisis appears to be mostly behind us, and the economy seems to have stabilized and is expanding again.

Ben Bernanke

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
House prices have risen by nearly 25 percent over the past two years. Although speculative activity has increased in some areas, at a national level these price increases largely reflect strong economic fundamentals.
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Fundamental Past Strong Years
Nobody likes to fail but failure is an essential part of life and of learning. If your uniform isn’t dirty, you haven’t been in the game.
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Dirty Essential Games
The impact on the broader economy and financial markets of the problems in the subprime markets seems likely to be contained.
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Financial Impact Problem
I am very proud of my nerd-dom.
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Doms Nerd Proud
Speaking as somebody who has been happily married for 35 years, I can’t imagine any choice more consequential for a lifelong journey than the choice of a traveling companion.
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Journey Travel Years
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
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
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
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
Every effort needs to be made to try and offset the costs of Katrina and Rita by reductions in other government programs, especially those that are wasteful, duplicative and ineffective.
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Effort Government Trying
[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
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
Investment banks manage to go bankrupt through their investment-banking activities, commercial banks manage to go bankrupt through their commercial-banking activities.
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Banking Banks Commercial Investment
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
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

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