Top 186 Quotes by Ben Bernanke

Income inequality is troubling because, among other things, it means that many people in our society don't have the opportunities to advance themselves.

Central bankers got it right in the United States in 1987 when they avoided deflationary pressures as well as serious trouble in the banking system.

At the most basic level, a central bank must be clear and open about its actions and operations, particularly when they involve the deployment of public funds.

The one thing people don't appreciate, I think, is that central banking is not a new development. It's been around for a very long time.

As we try to make the financial system safer, we must inevitably confront the problem of moral hazard.

Small businesses have played an important role in fueling past economic recoveries.

In the future, financial firms of any type whose failure would pose a systemic risk must accept especially close regulatory scrutiny of their risk-taking.

Sector-specific price declines, uncomfortable as they may be for producers in that sector, are generally not a problem for the economy as a whole and do not constitute deflation.

History has demonstrated time and again the inherent resilience and recuperative powers of the American economy.

Economics has many substantive areas of knowledge where there is agreement, but also contains areas of controversy. That's inescapable.