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title: "6 Central Banker Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [“Mario Draghi became the first major central banker to cut a key interest rate below zero as he unveiled a series of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/mario-draghi-became-the-first-major-central-banker-to-cut-a-key/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [The last duty of a central banker is to tell the public the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-blinder/the-last-duty-of-a-central-banker-is-to-tell-the-public-the-truth/)

[Alan Blinder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-blinder/)

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> [What is important for a central banker is that you have to convey that you know what you are doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raghuram-rajan/what-is-important-for-a-central-banker-is-that-you-have-to-convey/)

[Raghuram Rajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raghuram-rajan/)

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> [“Policy makers respond to economic distress by pursuing polices designed to improve the data. After a while, the data themselves may come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-rickards/policy-makers-respond-to-economic-distress-by-pursuing-polices/)

[James Rickards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-rickards/)

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> [Every central banker in the world pays attention to credit growth, but not in the U.S.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-faber/every-central-banker-in-the-world-pays-attention-to-credit-growth-but/)

[Marc Faber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-faber/)

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> [The benefit of appointing a hawkish central banker is the increased inflation-fighting credibility that such an appointment brings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-bernanke/the-benefit-of-appointing-a-hawkish-central-banker-is-the-increased/)

[Ben Bernanke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-bernanke/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f6/ben-bernanke-1388_appointment_the-benefit-of-appointing-a-hawkish-cent_2283159.png)

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