The Central Bank is an institution of the most deadly hostility existing against the principles and form of our Constitution. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The one thing people don't appreciate, I think, is that central banking is not a new development. It's been around for a… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
Since World War II, inflation - the apparently inexorable rise in the prices of goods and services - has been the bane… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
We've delegated politics to bankers. The European Central Bank is inside Deutsche Bank, and Deutsche Bank is inside the Bundesbank. — Beppe Grillo Copy Share Image
Any central bank should only be in charge of liquidity. Solvency is a matter for the treasury. — George Soros Copy Share Image
It is no coincidence that the century of total war coincided with the century of central banking. — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
There is no point in being a bond vigilante if you cannot influence governments and central banks by selling bonds. — Jeff Berwick Copy Share Image
I know very well about the necessary level of reserves of the Central Bank as well as the purpose. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The actions taken by central banks and other authorities to stabilize a panic in the short run can work against stability in… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
Central banks need to be able to buy bonds if there are short-term malfunctions of the markets. But buying bonds without differentiation… — Lars Feld Copy Share Image
Let's not forget, it was the government, Department of Finance and Central Bank that decided to unfairly land the taxpayers of this… — Sean Quinn Copy Share Image
The economic repercussions of a stock market crash depend less on the severity of the crash itself than on the response of… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
Quietly, without much public fuss or discussion, a new ruling class has risen in the richer nations. These men and women are… — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
There is a well-established conviction that the central banks always do what is necessary to keep the system going and then afterwards… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Nor can private counterparties restrict supplies of gold, another commodity whose derivatives are often traded over-the-counter, where central banks stand ready to… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
“Mario Draghi became the first major central banker to cut a key interest rate below zero as he unveiled a series of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is no doubt in my mind that as central banks begin to abandon the dollar, there will be an enormous amount… — Porter Stansberry Copy Share Image
When you own gold you're fighting every central bank in the world. That's because gold is a currency that competes with government… — James Rickards Copy Share Image
This is the joint responsibility of everyone who was involved in the introduction of the euro without understanding the consequences. When the… — George Soros Copy Share Image
In 1977, when I started my first job at the Federal Reserve Board as a staff economist in the Division of International… — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
“Markets are voting machines; they function by taking referenda. In the new world money market, for example, currency values are now decided… — Walter B. Wriston Copy Share Image
Printing up extra money - with no backing - used to be the sort of thing only counterfeiters did. Now it is… — Bill Bonner Copy Share Image
My monetary studies have led me to the conclusion that central banks could profitably be replaced by computers geared to provide a… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
When the secretary of treasury, the head of the central bank, the head of the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.), and the… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
“KEYNESIAN ECONOMICS AND STIMULUS Keynesian economics is based on the notion that unemployment arises when total or aggregate demand in an economy… — Alan S. Blinder Copy Share Image
“The ECB in June became the first of the world’s main central banks to push a key policy rate below zero. But… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Political risk is hard to manage because so much comes down to the personal choices of policymakers, whether prime ministers or heads… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
Business cycles lengthened greatly during the 20th century, as central banks learned to manage national economies by raising and lowering interest rates. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
I believe that being in a position, as a central bank, to influence economic growth does not mean losing independence. — Elvira Nabiullina Copy Share Image
When you have steady inflows and global central banks hell-bent on stoking credit activity and inflation, money will flow into the most… — Anthony Scaramucci Copy Share Image
The central bank needs to be able to make policy without short term political concerns. — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
In central banking as in diplomacy, style, conservative tailoring, and an easy association with the affluent count greatly and results far much… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Central bankers got it right in the United States in 1987 when they avoided deflationary pressures as well as serious trouble in… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
History proves... that a smart central bank can protect the economy and the financial sector from the nastier side effects of a… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
We made a decision that monetary policy will be made by an independent European Central Bank. — Gerhard Schroder Copy Share Image
Central banks don't have divine wisdom. They try to do the best analysis they can and must be prepared to stand or… — Mary Kay Ash Copy Share Image
“The Federal Reserve and other central banks could print more money only if they managed to get their hands on more gold.” — Nathaniel Popper Copy Share Image
The benefit of appointing a hawkish central banker is the increased inflation-fighting credibility that such an appointment brings. — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
What is important for a central banker is that you have to convey that you know what you are doing. — Raghuram Rajan Copy Share Image
My view was that government officials could not sit on the board of the central bank, and I am very happy that… — Elvira Nabiullina Copy Share Image
