Since 2008 you've had the largest bond market rally in history, as the Federal Reserve flooded the economy with quantitative easing to… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
Last year, Congress passed a law that directs the Federal Reserve to set limits on debit card swipe fees that are reasonable… — Peter Welch Copy Share Image
Recently, a friend sent me the online musings of a televangelist who advised his thousands of followers that the Federal Reserve achieved… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
Modern conservatism was forged in the crucible of the 1970s inflation crisis, and in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crash many… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
Paying interest on reserve balances enables the Fed to break the strong link between the quantity of reserves and the level of… — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
When it appears as though the governors of the Federal Reserve believe that the end of the rate increases is near, that's… — Hugh S. Johnson Copy Share Image
The Federal Reserve's monetary policy objective is to foster maximum employment and price stability. In this regard, a key challenge is to… — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
America really started to die when the Federal Reserve was founded, and it really started to die in 1971 when the gold… — Jeff Berwick Copy Share Image
“The Federal Reserve has always advertised itself as being above politics, impervious to outside influence. This is, of course, nonsense. The chairman… — Danielle DiMartino Booth Copy Share Image
You know policy is driven purely in self interest. The Federal Reserve Bank and the commercial banks and the Wall Street banks… — Max Keiser Copy Share Image
Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men's views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the United… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
There's no automatic mechanism in a market system that reconciles the desire to save and the desire to invest. And therefore, the… — Robert Skidelsky, Baron Skidelsky Copy Share Image
And who can suffer injury by just taxation, impartial laws and the application of the Jeffersonian doctrine of equal rights to all… — William Jennings Bryan Copy Share Image
It is not wise for us to permit a few people on the Federal Reserve Board to have life and death power… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
In a democracy the responsibility for the Government's economic policies, which so affect the economy, normally rests with the elected representative of… — Wright Patman Copy Share Image
I cannot disagree with you that having something like 500 economists is extremely unhealthy. As you say, it is not conducive to… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Before passage of this [Federal Reserve] Act, the New York Bankers could only dominate the reserves of New York. Now, we are… — Nelson W. Aldrich Copy Share Image
“Before Volcker’s speech, bonds had been conservative investments, into which investors put their savings when they didn’t fancy a gamble in the… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
In the United States we have, in effect, two governments ... We have the duly constituted Government ... Then we have an… — Wright Patman Copy Share Image
“Fletcher Von Pein was one of the twelve founders of the Omega Agency. He was also a powerful banker and a majority… — James Morcan Copy Share Image
The reason inflation was brought down to manageable levels, by the time of Ronald Reagan's re-election, was directly attributable to Jimmy Carter's… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
The Federal Reserve, the Treasury, all the regulator agencies - if there's a problem of the financial mechanism in society, the only… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
The Federal Reserve, like other central banks, wields powerful tools; democratic accountability requires that the public be able to see how and… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
The increase in the assets of the Federal Reserve Banks from 143 Million dollars in 1913 to 45 Billion dollars in 1949… — Eustace Mullins Copy Share Image
“The Federal Reserve was created after a 1913 meeting in Jekyll Island, Ga that was so secret it wasn’t discovered until Orafoura… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
When the economic well-being of their nation demanded a strong and creative response, my colleagues at the Federal Reserve... mustered the moral… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
Because financially capable consumers ultimately contribute to a stable economic and financial system as well as improve their own financial situations, it's… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
Once the government runs out of foreign and private sector bidders for new Treasurys, the Federal Reserve will be the only buyer,… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
“This ... he largest financial bailout in history ... was not just a bailout of SVB [Silicon Valley Bank]. It was a… — James Rickards Copy Share Image
The Depression, which started in 1929 was rather mild from 1929 to 1930. And, indeed, in my opinion would have been over… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
We have, in this country, one of the most corrupt institutions the world has ever known. I refer to the Federal Reserve… — Louis Thomas McFadden Copy Share Image
Bad as "independence" is, the main fault of the Federal Reserve System - an admirable system if conducted in the public interest… — Wright Patman Copy Share Image
The dirty little secret is that both houses of Congress are irrelevant. ... America's domestic policy is now being run by Alan… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
It's very difficult to explain to a normal working citizen the implications of what $18 trillion in debt means and what it… — Steve Wynn Copy Share Image
Ron Paul's crazy talk about the Federal Reserve makes more sense these days. Right now, every - all this debt issued by… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
I cannot morally blame all Americans for allowing, for instance, the birth of the Federal Reserve System and the money destruction that… — Robert Prechter Copy Share Image
In 2008, Goldman Sachs only paid 1.1 percent of its income in taxes even though it earned a profit of $2.3 billion… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
The financial system has been turned over to the Federal Reserve Board. That Board administers the finance system by authority of a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“This [Federal Reserve Act] establishes the most gigantic trust on earth. When the President (Woodrow Wilson) signs this bill, the invisible government… — Charles A. Lindbergh Sr Copy Share Image
The best thing I have are 5 percent bonds from 1780, denominated from $1 to $20. As far as I can tell,… — Andrew Tobias Copy Share Image