I don’t fully understand movements in the gold price.
BEN BERNANKEIf you are asking me if I would advocate that the Chinese go to greater flexibility in their exchange rate, I certainly would.
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The financial crisis appears to be mostly behind us, and the economy seems to have stabilized and is expanding again.
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I am confident that we will meet whatever challenges the future may bring.
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The more guidance a central bank can provide the public about how policy is likely to evolve the greater the chance that market participants will make appropriate inferences.
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Our mission, as set forth by the Congress is a critical one: to preserve price stability, to foster maximum sustainable growth in output and employment, and to promote a stable and efficient financial system that serves all Americans well and fairly.
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The sources of deflation are not a mystery. Deflation is in almost all cases a side effect of a collapse of aggregate demand.. a drop in spending so severe that producers must cut prices on an ongoing basis in order to find buyers.
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The people who best use their advantages, or overcome adversity, and work honestly are those most worthy of admiration.
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If your uniform isn’t dirty, you haven’t been in the game.
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Nobody really understands gold prices and I don’t pretend to understand them either.
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The benefit of appointing a hawkish central banker is the increased inflation-fighting credibility that such an appointment brings.
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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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If you are asking me if I would advocate that the Chinese go to greater flexibility in their exchange rate, I certainly would.
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I served seven years as the chair of the Princeton economics department where I had responsibility for major policy decisions, such as whether to serve bagels or doughnuts at the department coffee hour.
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How much would you pay to avoid a second Depression?
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It takes about two and a half percent growth just to keep unemployment stable.
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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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