They then need to reach a judgment about the probabilities, costs, and benefits of the various possible outcomes under alternative choices for policy.
ALAN GREENSPANIn general, corruption tends to exist whenever governments have favors to extend, or something to sell.
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Without the triggers, that tax cut is irreponsible fiscal policy. Eventually, I think that will be the consensus view.
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What we have found over the years in the marketplace is that derivatives have been an extraordinarily useful vehicle to transfer risk from those who shouldn’t be taking it to those who are willing to and are capable of doing so.
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History demonstrates that participants in financial markets are susceptible to waves of optimism.
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Revolutions are something you see only in retrospect.
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People dont realize that we cannot forecast the future. What we can do is have probabilities of what causes what, but thats as far as we go. And Ive had a very successful career as a forecaster, starting in 1948 forward.
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Any informed borrower is simply less vulnerable to fraud and abuse.
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If I seem unduly clear to you, you must have misunderstood what I said.
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The problem is not lack of regulation but unrealistic expectations. What we confront in reality is uncertainty, some of it frighteningly so…
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The recent period has been marked by a transformation to an economy that is more productive as competitive forces become increasingly intense and new technologies raise the efficiency of our businesses…
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I’m a better economist than I was a sax player.
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Such caution seems especially warranted with regard to the sharp rise in equity prices during the past two years. These gains have obviously raised questions of sustainability.
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The number of mistakes I have made are just awesome. There is no number large enough to account for that.
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I was raising the question on the side with Governor Mullins of what would happen if the Treasury sold a little gold in this market.
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If I say something which you understand fully in this regard, I probably made a mistake.
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If you think you understand what I am saying you do not understand what I am saying.
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