We believe that the Federal Reserve has to carry on with a progressive increase in interest rates as a consequence of the… — Rodrigo Rato Copy Share Image
If the fiscal cliff occurs, I don't think the Federal Reserve has the tools to offset that event. — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
I have two great enemies, the Southern Army in front of me and the bankers in the rear. Of the two, the… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
As the dollar's exchange value declines, so will the value of dollar-denominated financial instruments, regardless of how many bonds the Federal Reserve… — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
The Federal Reserve Act requires the Federal Reserve to report annually on its operations and to publish its balance sheet weekly. — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
“His last name was Gum, and I wanted to chew him out. But I’ll save that for the Federal Reserve, who are… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
There is no entity in the world that controls our lives more than the Federal Reserve System — Harry Reid Copy Share Image
What's funny is, we don't have to pay federal taxes. It's imposed on us because America is in so much damn debt… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Federal Reserve's monetary policy objective is to foster maximum employment and price stability. In this regard, a key challenge is to… — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
America really started to die when the Federal Reserve was founded, and it really started to die in 1971 when the gold… — Jeff Berwick Copy Share Image
Before passage of this [Federal Reserve] Act, the New York Bankers could only dominate the reserves of New York. Now, we are… — Nelson W. Aldrich Copy Share Image
If somebody had said to me in June or July of 1987, 'We'd like you to become chairman of the Federal Reserve,… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
There have been times when the Federal Reserve has restricted the money supply and raised interest rates to gain an end, which… — Wright Patman Copy Share Image
The Federal Reserve the privately owned U.S. central bank definitely caused The Great Depression by contracting the amount of currency in circulation… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
“The job of the Federal Reserve is “to know when to remove the punch bowl at the party.” Under Alan Greenspan’s leadership… — Said Elias Dawlabani Copy Share Image
My preference is for the Federal Reserve to be the systemic risk regulator, because the responsibility for identifying and limiting potential problems… — Henry Paulson Copy Share Image
The international monetary order is more precarious by far today than it was in 1929. Then, gold was international money, incorruptible, unmanageable,… — Hans F. Sennholz Copy Share Image
“It was not just on the farms that the pressures of four years of failure were building. Thirteen million workers were unemployed… — Elliott J. Gorn Copy Share Image
If we stuck to the Constitution as written, we would have: no federal meddling in our schools; no Federal Reserve; no U.S.… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
It may seem strange, but Congress has never developed a set of goals for guiding Federal Reserve policy. In founding the System,… — Wright Patman Copy Share Image
From the Great Depression, to the stagflation of the seventies, to the current economic crisis caused by the housing bubble, every economic… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
There's no automatic mechanism in a market system that reconciles the desire to save and the desire to invest. And therefore, the… — Robert Skidelsky, Baron Skidelsky Copy Share Image
“The Federal Reserve has always advertised itself as being above politics, impervious to outside influence. This is, of course, nonsense. The chairman… — Danielle DiMartino Booth Copy Share Image
You know policy is driven purely in self interest. The Federal Reserve Bank and the commercial banks and the Wall Street banks… — Max Keiser Copy Share Image
When I did my research on this topic, I came to the startling conclusion that the Federal Reserve System does not need… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
The Federal Reserve was not founded to bail out Bear Stearns or a few hedge funds. It was founded to keep a… — Jim Rogers Copy Share Image
I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Alan Greenspan is going to go down in history as one of the worst Federal Reserve chairmen ever. — Bill Foster Copy Share Image
The Federal Reserve needs to provide small businesses in America with the same low-interest loans it gave to foreign banks. — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
I know the Federal Reserve Bank can continue to print more and more money... but city and state governments cannot. — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
“THE Federal Reserve is “the most transparent central bank to my knowledge in the world,” claims its chairwoman, Janet Yellen.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
New policy tools, which helped the Federal Reserve respond to the financial crisis and Great Recession, are likely to remain useful in… — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
“They should let my son be Federal Reserve chairman. At least he'll play with his toys and not ruin the economy.” — Peter D. Schiff Copy Share Image
We do not interpret bitcoin's popularity as having a relationship with the public's view of the Federal Reserve's conduct of monetary policy — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
The issuing power [of money] should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
If congress has the right under the Constitution to issue paper money, it was given them to use themselves, not to be… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
...the Federal Reserve has the capacity to operate in domestic money markets to maintain interest rates at a level consistent with our… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
The Federal Reserve and Congress have systematically taught the American people to trust the government and that caution in spending is harmful… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
There is a European Central Bank, of course, established and it has the structure similar to the Federal Reserve system, not precisely… — Robert C. Solomon Copy Share Image
Citigroup, Bank of America, and JP Morgan Chase should not be permitted to charge consumers 25- to 30-percent interest on their credit… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image