Top 186 Quotes by Ben Bernanke

About Ben Bernanke

These are some quotes by American author Ben Bernanke Public Servant, who was born on December 13, 1953.

Our financial system is so complicated and so interactive - so many different markets in different countries and so many sets of rules.

Our financial system is so complicated and so interactive - so many different markets in different countries and so many sets of rules.

Ben Bernanke

There will not be an automatic increase in interest rate when unemployment hits 6.5%.

There will not be an automatic increase in interest rate when unemployment hits 6.5%.

Ben Bernanke

Interest rates are used to achieve overall economic stability.

Interest rates are used to achieve overall economic stability.

Ben Bernanke

Importantly, in the 1930s, in the Great Depression, the Federal Reserve, despite its mandate, was quite passive and, as a result, financial crisis became very severe, lasted essentially from 1929 to 1933.

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If the fiscal cliff occurs, I don't think the Federal Reserve has the tools to offset that event.

If the fiscal cliff occurs, I don't think the Federal Reserve has the tools to offset that event.

Ben Bernanke

I've never been on Wall Street. And I care about Wall Street for one reason and one reason only because what happens on Wall Street matters to Main Street.

I've never been on Wall Street. And I care about Wall Street for one reason and one reason only because what happens on Wall Street matters to Main Street.

Ben Bernanke

In a mature economy like India's, which is becoming modern and a financially-oriented economy, an independent central bank, responsible central bank, is really central to success.

In a mature economy like India's, which is becoming modern and a financially-oriented economy, an independent central bank, responsible central bank, is really central to success.

Ben Bernanke

The Federal Reserve has never suffered any losses in the course of its normal lending to banks and, now, to primary dealers.

The Federal Reserve has never suffered any losses in the course of its normal lending to banks and, now, to primary dealers.

Ben Bernanke

In September 2008, the two largest housing mortgage companies called Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which were government-sponsored enterprises, which hold hundreds of billions of dollars of mortgages, because of the losses they took on the mortgages, they essentially became insolvent, and the government had to take them over.

Ben Bernanke

Imperfect substitutability of assets implies that changes in the supplies of various assets available to private investors may affect the prices and yields of those assets.

Imperfect substitutability of assets implies that changes in the supplies of various assets available to private investors may affect the prices and yields of those assets.

Ben Bernanke

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