The Central Bank has a lot to handle and it is best not to interfere with its competence. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The bank hath benefit of interest on all moneys which it creates out of nothing. — William Paterson Copy Share Image
The case against a fully independent central bank is strong indeed. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Inflation is a monetary phenomenon. It is made by or stopped by the central bank. — Milton Friedman 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 private central bank issuing the public currency is a greater menace to the liberties of the people than a standing army.… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
There's no doubt that decisions made by the leading central banks do affect the global financial markets and, consequently, our situation. — Elvira Nabiullina Copy Share Image
Thus, our national circulating medium is now at the mercy of loan transactions of banks, which lend, not money, but promises to… — Irving Fisher Copy Share Image
Unless we have a Central Bank with adequate control of credit resources, this country is going to undergo the most severe and… — Jacob Schiff 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
Bankers own the earth. Take it away from them, but leave them the power to create money and control credit, and with… — Josiah Stamp Copy Share Image
The central banks cannot control interest rates. That's a mistake. They can control a particular rate, such as the Federal Funds rate,… — Milton Friedman 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
Quantitatve easing is NOT going away. Every major country is running a deficit. If they are all net borrowers then who is… — Jeffrey Gundlach Copy Share Image
In 2008, when Lehman Brothers collapsed, we anticipated that Europe was going to have a very different bailout scheme than the U.S.… — Lou Jiwei Copy Share Image
The stability of the rate is the main issue and the Central Bank manages to ensure it one way or another. This… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
“Interventionism inevitably leads to socialism, central banking inevitably leads to hyperinflation, total cashlessness inevitably leads to total surveillance, and "guaranteed income" inevitably… — Jakub Bożydar Wiśniewski Copy Share Image
The States is run by the Federal Reserve, an institution that answers only to itself and to a few large banks. It's… — Max Keiser 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
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
The Global Financial Crisis and Great Recession posed daunting new challenges for central banks around the world and spurred innovations in the… — Janet Yellen 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
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
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 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
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
“The modern banking system manufactures money out of nothing. The process is perhaps the most astounding piece of sleight of hand that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Federal Reserve bank buys government bonds without one penny... — John C. Danforth Copy Share Image
The establishment of a central bank is 90% of communizing a nation. — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
It is clear to me that the financial sector, including CNBC, loves central banks — Marc Faber Copy Share Image
Negative interest rates have been employed by many, many central banks. — Charles L. Evans Copy Share Image
Someone has to borrow every dollar we have in circulation, cash or credit. — Robert W. Hemphill Copy Share Image
Any central bank should only be in charge of liquidity. Solvency is a matter for the treasury. — George Soros Copy Share Image
Banks lend by creating credit. They create the means of payment out of nothing. — Ralph George Hawtrey Copy Share Image
The goal of what Japan's central bank is doing is to create growth. If it actually creates growth, in the long run,… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image