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The more important reason is that the research itself provides an important long-run perspective on the issues that we face on a day-to-day basis.

Ben Bernanke

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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.

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.

Life is amazingly unpredictable any 22-year-old who thinks they know where they will be in 10 years, much less in 30, is simply lacking imagination.

It's true that the Federal Reserve faces a lot of political pressure and is unpopular in many circles.

We do not expect significant spillovers from the subprime market to the rest of the economy or to the financial system.

Speaking as somebody who has been happily married for 35 years, I can't imagine any choice more consequential for a lifelong journey than the choice of a traveling companion.

If you are not happy with yourself, even the loftiest achievements won't bring you much satisfaction.

The economic repercussions of a stock market crash depend less on the severity of the crash itself than on the response of economic policymakers, particularly central bankers.

The more guidance a central bank can provide the public about how policy is likely to evolve the greater the chance that market participants will make appropriate inferences.

If you are asking me if I would advocate that the Chinese go to greater flexibility in their exchange rate, I certainly would.

Our mission, as set forth by the Congress is a critical one: to preserve price stability, to foster maximum sustainable growth in output and employment, and to promote a stable and efficient financial system that serves all Americans well and fairly.

A money-financed tax cut is essentially equivalent to Milton Friedman's famous 'helicopter drop' of money.

I am very proud of my nerd-dom.

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

I don't see much evidence of an equity bubble.

The Federal Reserve is not currently forecasting a recession.

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.