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The lesson of history is that you do not get a sustained economic recovery as long as the financial system is in crisis.

Ben Bernanke

I generally leave the details of fiscal programs to the Administration and Congress. That’s really their area of authority and responsibility, and I don’t think it’s appropriate for me to second guess.
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Details Responsibility Thinking
I am confident that we will meet whatever challenges the future may bring.
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Challenges Confident May Meet
If Wall Street crashes, does Main Street follow? Not necessarily.
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Crash Doe Wall
Every effort needs to be made to try and offset the costs of Katrina and Rita by reductions in other government programs, especially those that are wasteful, duplicative and ineffective.
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Effort Government Trying
The GSEs are adequately capitalized. They are in no danger of failing.
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Capitalized Danger Failing
The U.S. government has a technology, called a printing press (or, today, its electronic equivalent), that allows it to produce as many U.S. dollars as it wishes at essentially no cost.
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Government Technology Wish
The Fed is totally open.
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Fed Feel Open Totally
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
I don’t see much evidence of an equity bubble.
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Bubbles Equity Evidence
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
Developments in financial markets can have broad economic effects felt by many outside the markets.
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Development Economic Financial
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
If your uniform isn’t dirty, you haven’t been in the game.
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Dirty Game Graduation
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
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 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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