Active Quote by Adam Smith

It's extremely important for our banks to have more capital, higher quality capital.

— Janet Yellen

It is no wonder that bank capital is regulated. When borrowing and lending is profitable, it is tempting for banks to scale up their…

— Evan Davis

I admit that one should never underestimate the capacity of banks to destroy enormous amounts of accumulated capital and reduce, temporarily, the supply. After…

— Arie de Geus

The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.

— Henry Ford

Capital is kind of a banking concept.

— Paul Singer

The financial doctrines so zealously followed by American companies might help optimize capital when it is scarce. But capital is abundant. If we are…

— Clayton M. Christensen

So there is a natural efficiency that you pick up as you can prioritize capital across a bigger set of opportunities.

— Bill Vaughan

The growth that we are targeting for our bank is in line with the banking industry.

— Chanda Kochhar

As the prosperity of the nation and the height of wage rates depend on a continual increase in the capital invested in its plants,…

— Ludwig von Mises

capital cannot be more beneficially employed, then in strengthening and aiding the productive powers of nature.

— Jean-Baptiste Say

This industry attracts more capital than it deserves.

— Stelios Haji-Ioannou

If the authorities constrain banks and are aware of the activities of fringe banks and other financial institutions, they are in a better position…

— Hyman Minsky