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In the future, my communications with the public and with the markets will be entirely through regular and formal channels.

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The Federal Reserve will not monetize the debt.
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Debt Federal Reserve Reserves
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
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
It’s the price of success: people start to think you’re omnipotent.
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People Price Success Thinking
Although low inflation is generally good, inflation that is too low can pose risks to the economy – especially when the economy is struggling.
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Economy Risk Struggle
Monetary policy cannot do much about long-run growth, all we can try to do is to try to smooth out periods where the economy is depressed because of lack of demand
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Growth Long Running
Nobody really understands gold prices and I don’t pretend to understand them either.
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Gold Gold Price
…the Federal Reserve has the capacity to operate in domestic money markets to maintain interest rates at a level consistent with our economic goals
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Goal Investing Levels
[Virtual Currencies] may hold long-term promise, particularly if the innovations Promote a faster, more secure and more efficient payment system.
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Innovation Long Promise
The central bank needs to be able to make policy without short term political concerns.
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Able Needs Political
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
If Wall Street crashes, does Main Street follow? Not necessarily.
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Crash Doe Wall
How much would you pay to avoid a second Depression?
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Borrow Depression Great Pay
Economics is a highly sophisticated field of thought that is superb at explaining to policymakers precisely why the choices they made in the past were wrong. About the future, not so much.
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Choices Fields Past
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
The GSEs are adequately capitalized. They are in no danger of failing.
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Capitalized Danger Failing

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