Insanity has infected all the central banks of the world.

The stock market in Japan was half the world market and where has the Japan economy gone since the 1990s? Nowhere. They've been struggling…

— David Stockman

Blackstone is a major client of many of the largest banks around the world.

— Stephen A. Schwarzman

I know very well about the necessary level of reserves of the Central Bank as well as the purpose.

— Vladimir Putin

To cover the fact that a central bank is merely a cartel which has been legalized, its proponents had to lay down a thick…

— G. Edward Griffin

We can tell the general public that the gold and foreign currency reserves of the Central Bank are not designed to finance the economy,…

— Vladimir Putin

There are five main purposes of central bank cooperation"..."the provision of international credits and joint efforts to influence asset prices (especially gold and foreign…

— William Smith White

Business cycles lengthened greatly during the 20th century, as central banks learned to manage national economies by raising and lowering interest rates.

— Alex Berenson

What central banks can control is a base and one way they can control the base is via manipulating a particular interest rate, such…

— Milton Friedman

Central banks are choosing to increase their gold holdings as a percentage of total reserves. They obviously think there is a reason to do…

— Peter Schiff

It is clear to me that the financial sector, including CNBC, loves central banks

— Marc Faber

We are privileged that the dollar is the "currency of last resort" and the most important currency in the world. Global commodities are priced…

— Kabir Sehgal

By creating the European Central Bank, the member states exposed their own government bonds to the risk of default. Developed countries that issue bonds…

— George Soros

Welcome to the age of paper money, where governments and central banks can manufacture as much money as they want without limit. Gold was…

— Llewellyn Rockwell

Repeal the entire Banking Act of 1933, and Austrian School economists will cheer, especially if the current system were replaced by a 100%-reserve competitive…

— Llewellyn Rockwell

There could be some compromise, but I think we have to stick to the provisions of the treaty, and the provisions of the treaty…

— Jacques Santer