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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.

Ben Bernanke

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 GSEs are adequately capitalized. They are in no danger of failing.
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Capitalized Danger Failing
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
The risk that the economy has entered a substantial downturn appears to have diminished over the past month or so.
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Months Past Risk
It’s the price of success: people start to think you’re omnipotent.
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People Price Success Thinking
Developments in financial markets can have broad economic effects felt by many outside the markets.
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Development Economic Financial
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
The Federal Reserve is not currently forecasting a recession.
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Federal Forecasting Recession Reserve
A money-financed tax cut is essentially equivalent to Milton Friedman’s famous ‘helicopter drop’ of money.
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Cutting Helicopters Milton
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
Over the years, the U.S. economy has shown a remarkable ability to absorb shocks of all kinds, to recover, and to continue to grow.
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Kind Success Years
Under current law, on January 1, 2013, there’s going to be a massive fiscal cliff of large spending cuts and tax increases.
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Cutting Important Law
If Wall Street crashes, does Main Street follow? Not necessarily.
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Crash Doe Wall
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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Issues Perspective Running
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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Asking Chinese Rate
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

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