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Ben Bernanke

The central bank needs to be able to make policy without short term political concerns.
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Able Needs Political
It takes about two and a half percent growth just to keep unemployment stable.
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Growth Two Unemployment
The sources of deflation are not a mystery. Deflation is in almost all cases a side effect of a collapse of aggregate demand.. a drop in spending so severe that producers must cut prices on an ongoing basis in order to find buyers.
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Cutting Ongoing Order
The Federal Reserve will not monetize the debt.
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Debt Federal Reserve Reserves
Nobody really understands gold prices and I don’t pretend to understand them either.
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Gold Gold Price
The Fed is totally open.
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Fed Feel Open Totally
In the future, my communications with the public and with the markets will be entirely through regular and formal channels.
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Communication Formal
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
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 Wall Street crashes, does Main Street follow? Not necessarily.
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Crash Doe Wall
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
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
If I am confirmed, I am confident that my colleagues on the Federal Open Market Committee and I will maintain the focus on long-term price stability as monetary policy’s greatest contribution to general economic prosperity and maximum employment.
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Employment Focus Long
I don’t fully understand movements in the gold price.
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Gold Movement Price
While rising delinquencies and foreclosures will continue to weigh heavily on the housing market this year, it will not cripple the U.S.
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Delinquency Rising Years
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

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