[Virtual Currencies] may hold long-term promise, particularly if the innovations Promote a faster, more secure and more efficient payment system. — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
After a long period in which the desired direction for inflation was always downward, the industrialized world's central banks must today try… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
Monetary policy cannot do much about long-run growth, all we can try to do is to try to smooth out periods where… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
The more important reason is that the research itself provides an important long-run perspective on the issues that we face on a… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
The one thing people don't appreciate, I think, is that central banking is not a new development. It's been around for a… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
The movement toward a holistic approach to community development has been long in the making, but the housing crisis has motivated further… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
The lesson of history is that you do not get a sustained economic recovery as long as the financial system is in… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
Long term, I have a lot of confidence in the United States. We have an excellent record in terms of innovation. We… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
The actions taken by central banks and other authorities to stabilize a panic in the short run can work against stability in… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
Most of the policies that support robust economic growth in the long run are outside the province of the central bank. — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
The economist John Maynard Keynes said that in the long run, we are all dead. If he were around today he might… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
We do not expect significant spillovers from the subprime market to the rest of the economy or to the financial system. — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
In the past, Federal Reserve chairmen have not generally gone directly to the public. — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
The U.S. government has a technology, called a printing press (or, today, its electronic equivalent), that allows it to produce as many U.S. dollars… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
The Depression was an incredibly dramatic episode - an era of stock-market crashes, breadlines, bank runs and wild currency speculation, with the storm clouds… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
Community development has a long history of innovation and learning from experience. — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
To be sure, the provision of liquidity alone can by no means solve the problems of credit risk and credit losses; but it can… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
Consumers going through foreclosure typically will see their credit scores drop, raising longer-term questions about their ability to rebound financially and perhaps pursue a… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
If you are not happy with yourself, even the loftiest achievements won't bring you much satisfaction. — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
High levels of homeownership have been shown to foster greater involvement in school and civic organizations, higher graduation rates, and greater neighborhood stability. — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
...the Federal Reserve has the capacity to operate in domestic money markets to maintain interest rates at a level consistent with our economic goals — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image