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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.

Ben Bernanke

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
The central bank needs to be able to make policy without short term political concerns.
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Able Needs Political
The benefit of appointing a hawkish central banker is the increased inflation-fighting credibility that such an appointment brings.
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Bankers Benefit Fighting
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
Education – lifelong education for everyone – from toddlers to workers well advanced in their careers – is indeed an excellent investment for individuals and society as a whole.
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Career Education Money
In a manner as nearly consistent as possible with full utilization of economic resources and low and stable inflation. In other words, the best way to get out of trouble is not to get into it in the first place.
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Best Economic Inflation Resources Way
I assure this committee that, if I am confirmed, I will be strictly independent of all political influences… essential to that institution’s ability to function effectively and achieve its mandated objectives.
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Essentials Independent Political
The best approach here, if at all possible, is to use supervisory and regulatory methods to restrain undue risk-taking and to make sure the system is resilient in case an asset-price bubble bursts in the future.
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Investing Risk Use
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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Fundamental Past Strong Years
I am confident that we will meet whatever challenges the future may bring.
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Challenges Confident May Meet
I am very proud of my nerd-dom.
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Doms Nerd Proud
The GSEs are adequately capitalized. They are in no danger of failing.
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Capitalized Danger Failing
Economics is a very difficult subject. I’ve compared it to trying to learn how to repair a car when the engine is running.
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Car Running Trying
If you want to understand geology, study earthquakes. If you want to understand the economy, study the Depression.
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Depression Earthquake Want
A money-financed tax cut is essentially equivalent to Milton Friedman’s famous ‘helicopter drop’ of money.
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Cutting Helicopters Milton

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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