The crisis and recession have led to very low interest rates, it is true, but these events have also destroyed jobs, hamstrung… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
When you own gold you're fighting every central bank in the world. That's because gold is a currency that competes with government… — James Rickards Copy Share Image
The theory is that if you take interest rates negative, people are going to say, "That's a silly game! I'm not going… — Mohamed El-Erian Copy Share Image
The key is if the economic data stays soft, maybe we don't have to worry much about interest rates anymore. Then we… — Douglas Cliggott Copy Share Image
High interest rates focus on the revenue of a parasitic class.Historically the financial system has been structured in favour of moneyed interests,… — Linda McQuaig Copy Share Image
It takes 150 years to build an investment bank and only five minutes to convince you to sell me preferred stock in… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I have long argued that paying down the national debt is beneficial for the economy: it keeps interest rates lower than they… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
The IMF insisted that both Russia and Brazil maintain their currency at over-valued levels. Who are you protecting when you try to… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
Let's start with the euro. What on earth were we thinking? How could anyone with the faintest grasp of economics have believed… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
“There is an optimum rate of discounting the future—mathematically, an optimum interest rate—which depends on how long you expect to live, how… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Our whole lives, did any of us actually think a quarter of a percent was actually an interest rate? — Howard Lutnick Copy Share Image
See the investment world as an ocean and buy where you get the most value for your money. Right now the value… — John Templeton Copy Share Image
The single greatest line I ever wrote as an analyst was after Lomas said they were hedged: 'The Lomas Financial Corporation is… — Steve Eisman Copy Share Image
The supply-side effect of a restrictive monetary policy, moreover, is likely to be perverse. High interest rates enter into costs and thus… — William Vickrey Copy Share Image
I do not like debt and do not like to invest in companies that have too much debt, particularly long-term debt. With… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If the U.S. Government was a company, the deficit would be $5 trillion because they would have to account by general accepted… — Marc Faber Copy Share Image
The single biggest issue that I'm very sensitive to is inflation. I'm very concerned that this extended period where the interest rates… — Sam Zell Copy Share Image
If you fail to pay your minimums for any debt on time, your credit score will take a major hit and you… — Alexa Von Tobel Copy Share Image
The real challenge was to model all the interest rates simultaneously, so you could value something that depended not only on the… — John Hull Copy Share Image
Think today's interest rates are high? The Pilgrims borrowed $7000 from a London company of 70 investors in 1620, and devoted the… — L. M. Boyd Copy Share Image
The bankers might not have said it in so many words, but gradually their strategy emerged: Target families who were already in… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
When bond prices fall, interest rates soar, with painful consequences for all borrowers. — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
Nobody can predict interest rates, the future direction of the economy or the stock market. Dismiss all such forecasts and concentrate on… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
“Beyond the speculative and often fraudulent froth that characterizes much of neoliberal financial manipulation, there lies a deeper process that entails the… — David Harvey Copy Share Image
