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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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Economy Expanding Financial
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
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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Country Stock Street Wall White
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
Under a cold turkey strategy, at each policy meeting the Federal Open Market Committee would make its best guess about where it ultimately wants the funds rate to be and would move to that rate in a single step.
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Committee Country Moving
If your uniform isn’t dirty, you haven’t been in the game.
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Dirty Game Graduation
If Wall Street crashes, does Main Street follow? Not necessarily.
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Crash Doe Wall
It must be awfully frustrating to get a small raise at work and then have it all eaten by a higher cost of commuting.
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Cost Frustrating Raises
The economist John Maynard Keynes said that in the long run, we are all dead. If he were around today he might say that, in the long run, we are all on Social Security and Medicare.
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Long might Running
The GSEs are adequately capitalized. They are in no danger of failing.
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Capitalized Danger Failing
I am confident that we will meet whatever challenges the future may bring.
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Challenges Confident May Meet
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
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
The central bank needs to be able to make policy without short term political concerns.
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Able Needs Political
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
I don’t fully understand movements in the gold price.
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Gold Movement Price

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