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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.

Ben Bernanke

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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.

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 the price of success: people start to think you're omnipotent.

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.

The Federal Reserve is not currently forecasting a recession.

Economics is a very difficult subject. I've compared it to trying to learn how to repair a car when the engine is running.

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.

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

I and others were mistaken early on in saying that the subprime crisis would be contained. The causal relationship between the housing problem and the broad financial system was very complex and difficult to predict.

The financial crisis appears to be mostly behind us, and the economy seems to have stabilized and is expanding again.

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

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.

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

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.

One might as well try to perform brain surgery with a sledgehammer.

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.