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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

If your uniform isn’t dirty, you haven’t been in the game.
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Dirty Game Graduation
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 crisis in Europe has affected the US economy by acting as a drag on our exports, weighing on business and consumer confidence and pressuring US financial markets and institutions.
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Acting Country Financial Lace
How much would you pay to avoid a second Depression?
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Borrow Depression Great Pay
It’s the price of success: people start to think you’re omnipotent.
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People Price Success Thinking
September and October of 2008 was the worst financial crisis in global history, including the Great Depression.
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Financial October September
I am very proud of my nerd-dom.
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Doms Nerd Proud
I don’t fully understand movements in the gold price.
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Gold Movement Price
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
I served seven years as the chair of the Princeton economics department where I had responsibility for major policy decisions, such as whether to serve bagels or doughnuts at the department coffee hour.
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Coffee Responsibility Years
The Federal Reserve will not monetize the debt.
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Debt Federal Reserve Reserves
I come from Main Street, from a small town that’s really depressed.
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Main Street Small Towns
The central bank needs to be able to make policy without short term political concerns.
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Able Needs Political
Both humanity’s capacity to innovate and the incentives to innovate are greater today than at any other time in history.
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Humanity Incentives Today
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 true that the Federal Reserve faces a lot of political pressure and is unpopular in many circles.
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Circles Political Pressure

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