The amount of currency in circulation is not changing. The money supply is not changing in any significant way.
BEN BERNANKEIf you are not happy with yourself, even the loftiest achievements won’t bring you much satisfaction.
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Nobody really understands gold prices and I don’t pretend to understand them either.
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Weaker currencies abroad mean a strong dollar, and a stronger dollar, together with a weak global environment, is a drag on the U.S. econom.
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Not all information is beneficial.
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A collapse in U.S. stock prices certainly would cause a lot of white knuckles on Wall Street. But what effect would it have on the broader U.S. economy? If Wall Street crashes, does Main Street follow? Not necessarily.
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Life is amazingly unpredictable; any 22-year-old who thinks they know where they will be in 10 years, much less in 30, is simply lacking imagination.
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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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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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The more important reason is that the research itself provides an important long-run perspective on the issues that we face on a day-to-day basis.
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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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The economic repercussions of a stock market crash depend less on the severity of the crash itself than on the response of economic policymakers, particularly central bankers.
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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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Developments in financial markets can have broad economic effects felt by many outside the markets.
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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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…the Federal Reserve has the capacity to operate in domestic money markets to maintain interest rates at a level consistent with our economic goals
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If you are not happy with yourself, even the loftiest achievements won’t bring you much satisfaction.
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