If you continue to use monetary policy to attempt to promote full employment the result would be that you would have higher… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
My bottom line is that monetary policy should react to rising prices for houses or other assets only insofar as they affect… — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
The Great Depression in the United States was caused - I won't say caused, was enormously intensified and made far worse than… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Many emerging countries are facing the same issue of overheating and inflation because they have been vigorously expanding fiscal and monetary policy… — Sri Mulyani Indrawati Copy Share Image
By the beginning of the 20th century, the debate about monetary policy and the nation's financial system had been going on for… — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
It's true that monetary policy was too lax for too long, and the government encouraged lending to people who were unlikely to… — Paul Singer Copy Share Image
Monetary policy has less room to maneuver when interest rates are close to zero, while expansionary fiscal policy is likely both more… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
“Myth: Bernanke Fed is committed to stimulus until a recovery occurs. Fact: The current monetary policy assures further capital destruction” — Ziad K. Abdelnour Copy Share Image
Inflation is certainly low and stable and, measured in unemployment and labour-market slack, the economy has made a lot of progress. The… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
Economics should be defined in terms of what it is about. It should be about how people produce things, how people exchange… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
Transparency concerning the Federal Reserve's conduct of monetary policy is desirable because better public understanding enhances the effectiveness of policy. More important,… — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
“The question is whether the ECB will be able to fight low inflation by itself. Mr Draghi signalled that the central bank… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Fed's organization reflects a long-standing desire in American history to ensure that power over our nation's monetary policy and financial system… — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
Global central banks are working hard to lift their economies through an aggressively easy monetary policy. The ECB [European Central Bank] and… — Mark Zandi Copy Share Image
The major economic policy challenges facing the nation today - pick your favorites among the usual suspects of low public and household… — Timothy Geithner Copy Share Image
The supply-side effect of a restrictive monetary policy is likely to be perverse, in that high interest rates enter into costs and… — William Vickrey Copy Share Image
In stabilizing the macroeconomic environment, we have focused on aligning fiscal with monetary policy and nudging the central bank toward the objective… — Yemi Osinbajo Copy Share Image
Monetary policy transmission encompasses the whole continuum of interest rates; of course, the central bank only determines the overnight policy rate. — Urjit Patel Copy Share Image
I think that sharing information about our economies, the way that the central banks do in Basel and other forums, is quite… — Charles L. Evans 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 don't think that the ECB should compensate for the lack of reforms in some countries... But it is clear that monetary… — Alain Dehaze Copy Share Image
Monetary policy should be decided by the comprehensive assessment of various factors, not only the exchange rate but also the economy, inflation… — Fumio Kishida Copy Share Image
If the public understands the central bank's views on the economy and monetary policy, then households and businesses will take those views… — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
The success of monetary policy should be judged by the economy's performance against our statutory mandates of price stability and maximum employment. — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
While monetary policy can contribute to growth by supporting a durable expansion in a context of price stability, it cannot reliably affect… — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
... it's important to have the right monetary policy. It's important for, to have the right fiscal policy. But it's nowhere near… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If I am confirmed, I am confident that my colleagues on the Federal Open Market Committee and I will maintain the focus… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
I will be the first to say that it is always difficult to get monetary policy just right. But the Fed's analytical… — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
“Setting monetary policy is the job of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), composed of the seven members of the Board of… — Danielle DiMartino Booth Copy Share Image
Monetary policy suffers from the unfortunate absence of any occult effect. It has long been clear that economic management...would be greatly facilitated… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
We must not forget that … monetary policy all over the world has followed the advice of the stabilizers. It is high… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
One factor that favors easier adjustment in EMEs is that U.S. monetary policy normalization has been and should continue to be gradual,… — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
However, in spite of the general perception that monetary policy should be conducted so as to avert deflation, a central bank cannot… — Toshihiko Fukui Copy Share Image
Monetary policy is one of the most difficult topics in economics. But also, I believe, a topic of absolutely crucial importance for… — Maxime Bernier Copy Share Image
Long experience, in the United States and in other advanced economies, has demonstrated that monetary policy is most successful when decisions are… — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
That means following a very restrictive fiscal and monetary policy which will squeeze the monopolies and cut their subsidies. On the micro… — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share Image
As financial markets continue to broaden and deepen, the behavior of asset prices will play an important role in the formulation of… — Timothy Geithner Copy Share Image