Paul Volcker is a tremendous hero with the Federal Reserve system and for the American economy. He took very tough actions and helped to break the back of double-digit inflation at a time when it had to be done. — Charles L. Evans Copy Share Image
It's a challenge for monetary policy to communicate that our inflation objective is 2 percent. — Charles L. Evans Copy Share Image
In a world of global competition and new technology, I think competition is coming from new places. — Charles L. Evans Copy Share Image
If you look around the world and see all the different countries struggling to get away from very low inflation rates with economies not… — Charles L. Evans Copy Share Image
I often will state things strongly if I think that it's important. — Charles L. Evans Copy Share Image
There is nobody who would want, in any way, to lose what Paul Volcker won for the American people by fighting inflation and achieving… — Charles L. Evans Copy Share Image
Negative interest rates have been employed by many, many central banks. — Charles L. Evans Copy Share Image
For risk management reasons, we need to make sure we hit our inflation objective at the same time we're at full employment. — Charles L. Evans Copy Share Image
From the peak in 2007 to the trough in 2009, Americans lost $11 trillion of net worth for households and businesses. — Charles L. Evans Copy Share Image
If we were to underrun our inflation objective over a period of time that we tried to increase interest rates, I think that would… — Charles L. Evans 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 useful. But… — Charles L. Evans Copy Share Image
