Honest error in the face of complex and possibly intractable problems is a far more important source of bad results than are… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
We should see better and more direct measurements of economic well being. — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
The tax code is very inefficient. Both the personal tax code and the corporate tax code. By closing loopholes and lowering rates,… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
Now that I'm a civilian again, I can once more comment on economic and financial issues without my words being put under… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
To achieve a more balanced international system over time, countries with excessive and unsustainable trade surpluses will need to allow their exchange… — Ben Bernanke 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
The decline in home equity makes it more difficult for struggling homeowners to refinance and reduces the financial incentive of stressed borrowers… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
The more guidance a central bank can provide the public about how policy is likely to evolve the greater the chance that… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
The role of liquidity in systemic events provides yet another reason why, in the future, a more system wide or macroprudential approach… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
Stronger regulation and supervision aimed at problems with underwriting practices and lenders' risk management would have been a more effective and surgical… — 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
