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I don’t think that Chinese ownership of U.S. assets is so large as to put our country at risk economically.

Ben Bernanke

Among the largest banks, the capital ratios remain good and I don’t expect any serious problems . . . . among the large, internationally active banks that make up a very substantial part of our banking system.
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Banking Ratio Serious
In fact, the world needs more nerds.
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Needs Nerd World
Developments in financial markets can have broad economic effects felt by many outside the markets.
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Development Economic Financial
I am confident that we will meet whatever challenges the future may bring.
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Challenges Confident May Meet
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
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
Indeed, in general, healthy investment returns cannot be sustained in a weak economy, and of course it is difficult to save for retirement or other goals without the income from a job.
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Goal Job Retirement
We do not expect significant spillovers from the subprime market to the rest of the economy or to the financial system.
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Economy Financial Significant
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
Not all information is beneficial.
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Beneficial Information
Nobody really understands gold prices and I don’t pretend to understand them either.
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Gold Gold Price
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
If Wall Street crashes, does Main Street follow? Not necessarily.
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Crash Doe Wall
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
One might as well try to perform brain surgery with a sledgehammer.
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Brain might Trying
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

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