Central bank Quotes

The establishment of a central bank is 90% of communizing a nation.

— Vladimir Lenin

Negative interest rates have been employed by many, many central banks.

— Charles L. Evans

The job of the Central Bank is to worry.

— Alice Rivlin

The case against a fully independent central bank is strong indeed.

— Milton Friedman

Insanity has infected all the central banks of the world.

— David Stockman

Central bankers tend to be conservative by nature.

— Charles L. Evans

I did not criticize the Central Bank's position.

— Vladimir Putin

The last duty of a central banker is to tell the public the truth.

— Alan Blinder

History proves... that a smart central bank can protect the economy and the financial sector from the nastier side effects of a…

— Ben Bernanke

We made a decision that monetary policy will be made by an independent European Central Bank.

— Gerhard Schroder

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

“The Federal Reserve and other central banks could print more money only if they managed to get their hands on more gold.”

— Nathaniel Popper

There is no point in being a bond vigilante if you cannot influence governments and central banks by selling bonds.

— Jeff Berwick

It is no coincidence that the century of total war coincided with the century of central banking.

— Ron Paul

Political risk is hard to manage because so much comes down to the personal choices of policymakers, whether prime ministers or heads…

— James Surowiecki

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

— Alex Berenson

Japan's experience suggests the importance of assessing the sustainability of price stability over a fairly long period, which many central banks have…

— Toshihiko Fukui

Thanks to the central bank, most ‘monetary experts’ and ‘leading macro-economists’ can, by putting them on the payroll, be turned into government…

— Hans-Hermann Hoppe

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

— Jacques Santer

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

“European parliament and EU states finally settled terms for the unified system to handle crises. Lenders will be policed by the European…

— Anonymous

Among other objectives, liquidity guidelines must take into account the risks that inadequate liquidity planning by major financial firms pose for the…

— Ben Bernanke

Yes, when they're buying there are more buyers in the market and that's supportive of the price. The more buyers you have,…

— Peter Schiff

Central bankers always try to avoid their last big mistake. So every time there's the threat of a contraction in the economy,…

— Milton Friedman

The problem is, if at all, in the different view of the economy, of economic growth. Growth is too low, even for…

— Paolo Gentiloni

The expansionary operations of the Second Bank of the United States, coupled with its laxity toward insisting on specie payment by the…

— Murray Rothbard

The lesson for Asia is; if you have a central bank, have a floating exchange rate; if you want to have a…

— Milton Friedman

For a small open economy that trades mostly with the euro zone it makes absolute sense to be part of the currency…

— Dalia Grybauskaite

“Nearly every aspect of modern civilization has been flattening down except one: money. Minting money is one of the last jobs left…

— Kevin Kelly

There's no denying that a collapse in stock prices today would pose serious macroeconomic challenges for the United States. Consumer spending would…

— Ben Bernanke

As you know, in the latter part of 2008 and early 2009, the Federal Reserve took extraordinary steps to provide liquidity and…

— Ben Bernanke

We in the Congress have a moral and constitutional obligation to protect the value of the dollar and to understand why it…

— Ron Paul

“In fact this is precisely the logic on which the Bank of England—the first successful modern central bank—was originally founded. In 1694,…

— David Graeber

“Making money in the markets is tough. The brilliant trader and investor Bernard Baruch put it well when he said, “If you…

— Ray Dalio

“And, as inflation has fallen, so bonds have rallied in what has been one of the great bond bull markets of modern…

— Niall Ferguson

“If any of the above real world, national or regional currencies starts losing its value or falls victim to currency speculators or…

— Olawale Daniel

“At the G-20 meeting in Paris in 2011, finance ministers expressed fears that U.S.-driven global inflation was threatening global stability. George Melloan…

— Steve Forbes

“The Fed is still on the same track.” Whatever you call it, the benign economic environment has supported a bull market since…

— Anonymous

“Every culture has a myth of decline from some golden age, and almost all peoples throughout history have been pessimists. Even today…

— Peter Thiel

“The ECB in June became the first of the world’s main central banks to push a key policy rate below zero. But…

— Anonymous