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
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
Student debt is crushing the lives of millions of Americans. How does it happen that we can get a home mortgage or… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Here's why I think the public service jobs are almost unavoidable: When we have downturns in the economy - and we will,… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
If inflation-adjusted interest rates decline in a given country, its currency is likely to decline. — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
When they so-called 'target the interest rate', what they're doing is controlling the money supply via the interest rate. The interest rate… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
What we also have to recognize is that the deficit levels that I'm inheriting, over a trillion dollars, coming out of last… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we are going to have a Fed, it should not fall into the tyranny of experts with the a fatal conceit… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
Today the strategies of many companies in the real estate industry are premised on low interest rates, an assumption that has resulted… — Akira Mori Copy Share Image
“About 4,400 years ago 8 people stepped off Noah’s ark. According to the United Nations Population Growth Statistics, the world’s population grows… — Michael Ben Zehabe Copy Share Image
Never try to time the bond market. Anyone who claims to know the future of interest rates is certifiable. — Jane Bryant Quinn Copy Share Image
To investors, job creation is a second-order effect. Market participants care first about interest rates, exchange rates, bond prices and the one… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
It's appropriate for the Fed to gradually and cautiously increase our overnight interest rate over time. — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
“Consider the following investing strategy: On the day before a Fed policy announcement, buy the stocks in the S&P 500 index. Sell… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In the U.S., you couldn't have job creation with interest rates of 30 or 40 percent. They had a philosophy that said… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
First, pay off your high-interest-rate debt. If you have student loan debt - that's low interest rate; that has a tax benefit… — Sallie Krawcheck Copy Share Image
A cash advance on a credit card is one of the worst types of borrowing because the interest rate is typically 21… — Suze Orman Copy Share Image
“Forcing new loans upon the bankrupt on condition that they shrink their income is nothing short of cruel and unusual punishment. Greece… — Yanis Varoufakis Copy Share Image
An overheating economy, characterized by accelerating inflation and rising interest rates, is another precondition for recession. This doesn't describe today's economy. — Mark Zandi Copy Share Image
“The state arbitrarily set the mortgage interest rate at 8.5 percent—below the prime rate of 9 or so percent—so banks could make… — Ken Auletta Copy Share Image
Italy may well be the main problem. It has benefited most from the euro by having been able to get the euro… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The world economy is in a nosedive, and understanding what I call "depression economics" - the weird world you get into when… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
“Net wages: “It’s not what you make, but what you net” after paying the FIRE sector, basic utilities and taxes. The usual… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
We do not have, nor have had, and never will have an opinion about where the stock market, interest rates, or business… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
At some point the Japanese, Chinese and Saudi buyers of US and European Government bonds will see just what miserable value they… — Luke Johnson Copy Share Image
