I have always thought and I still think that the Central Bank should act independently. Indeed, it does, you can take my… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Quantitative easing is just the latest chapter in the Federal Reserve’s hundred-year history of failure. (...) The American people have suffered long… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
As stupid as it might sound, older people everywhere would probably be better off if they'd abandoned prudence and borrowed more. That… — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
The Covid-19 pandemic is what insurers call an act of God. It has hit us like an asteroid strike and unleashed an… — Nick Boles Copy Share Image
I don't think I've been too optimistic. The government believes the contraction will be around 1.5 per cent, as the central bank… — Luis de Guindos Copy Share Image
Welcome to the age of paper money, where governments and central banks can manufacture as much money as they want without limit.… — Llewellyn Rockwell Copy Share Image
The fear is that if the dollar falls below 50% of the currency basket held by commercial and central banks and insurance… — Porter Stansberry Copy Share Image
The problem right now is that central banks have not normalized their balance sheet since 2009. They're trying, but it's not even… — James Rickards Copy Share Image
“However, after several false starts and with the lessons of history fading, America, too, would finally create a permanent central bank, in… — Mark David Ledbetter Copy Share Image
The stock market in Japan was half the world market and where has the Japan economy gone since the 1990s? Nowhere. They've… — David Stockman Copy Share Image
Central banks are choosing to increase their gold holdings as a percentage of total reserves. They obviously think there is a reason… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
Meyer [sic] Amschel Rothschild, who founded the great international banking house of Rothschild which, through its affiliation with the European Central Banks,… — Mayer Amschel Rothschild Copy Share Image
The result of observing only the universe is anxiety. Only observing the Observer of the universe will put a stop to a… — Douglas Harding Copy Share Image
The idea that when people see prices falling they will stop buying those cheaper goods or cheaper food does not make much… — Paul Volcker Copy Share Image
This is the first global crisis that doesn't start in poor countries and it was caused by the rich countries. So it's… — Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Copy Share Image
We looked into the abyss if the gold price rose further. A further rise would have taken down one or several trading… — Eddie George Copy Share Image
In a small Swiss city sits an international organization so obscure and secretive…Control of the institution, the Bank for International Settlements, lies… — Keith Bradsher Copy Share Image
It is a sobering fact that the prominence of central banks in this century has coincided with a general tendency towards more… — Paul Volcker Copy Share Image
I can't remember the exact quote but when I used to trade and Mr. Volcker was Fed chairman, he said something like… — Rick Santelli Copy Share Image
I've always believed that a speculative bubble need not lead to a recession, as long as interest rates are cut quickly enough… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
Look at Ukraine. Its currency, the hernia, is plunging. The euro is really in a problem. Greece is problematic as to whether… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
Miners produce the bullion. If there is going to be more demand for gold from investors and central banks, where is the… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
We can tell the general public that the gold and foreign currency reserves of the Central Bank are not designed to finance… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
“Consumer prices in August rose just 0.3 per cent from the year before as lower energy and food costs took their toll.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Given our inevitably incomplete knowledge about key structural aspects of our ever-changing economy and the sometimes asymmetric costs or benefits of particular… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
I don't think central banks are going to give up fiat currency anytime in my lifetime. — Brad Garlinghouse Copy Share Image
A crucial responsibility of any central bank is to control inflation, the average rate of increase in the prices of a broad… — Janet Yellen 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
“Central Bank stimulus: easy money, a false cure that never solves the root causes, only suppresses symptoms, prolonging the agony.” — A.G. Riddle Copy Share Image
Most of the policies that support robust economic growth in the long run are outside the province of the central bank. — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
It is always and everywhere the province of the central bank to monetize any spending, the government's or the private sector's, by… — Caroline Baum Copy Share Image
At the most basic level, a central bank must be clear and open about its actions and operations, particularly when they involve… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
There was a real fear that a euro-zone bank might fail, that we'd have a sovereign debt problem in one of the… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
Earnings don't move the overall market; it's the Federal Reserve Board... focus on the central banks, and focus on the movement of… — Stanley Druckenmiller Copy Share Image
I'm blown away. I'm flabbergasted the president [Barack Obama] made the phone call to Rouhani after 30-plus, '79, 33 years or so.… — Barack Obama 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
A system of capitalism presumes sound money, not fiat money manipulated by a central bank. Capitalism cherishes voluntary contracts and interest rates… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The lack of monetary discipline has become a hallmark of unfettered globalization. Central banks have failed to provide a stable underpinning to… — Stephen S. Roach Copy Share Image
Having examined the nature of fractional reserve and of central banking, and having seen how the questionable blessings of Central Banking were… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
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