Customer Quote by Athanasios Orphanides

However, in spite of the general perception that monetary policy should be conducted so as to avert deflation, a central bank cannot lower interest…

— Toshihiko Fukui

Monetary policy is like juggling six balls... it is not 'interest rate up, interest rate down.' There is the exchange rate, there are long…

— Raghuram Rajan

Monetary policy transmission encompasses the whole continuum of interest rates; of course, the central bank only determines the overnight policy rate.

— Urjit Patel

Monetary policy has less room to maneuver when interest rates are close to zero, while expansionary fiscal policy is likely both more effective and…

— Ben Bernanke

...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

It isn't given to man to be able to run a financial institution where different interest-rate scenarios will prevail on all of that so…

— Warren Buffett

Let's have honest interest rates. Let's let the free market set interest rates in that zone where supply of savings is matched up with…

— David Stockman

“Thus, increases in interest rates matter greatly for the economy as a whole. They not only cause direct reductions in investment spending and interest-sensitive…

— McConnell Campbell

One grave and fundamental Keynesian error is to persist in regarding the interest rate as a contract rate on loans instead of the price…

— Murray Rothbard

Interest rates are used to achieve overall economic stability.

— Ben Bernanke

Monetary policy should be decided by the comprehensive assessment of various factors, not only the exchange rate but also the economy, inflation and its…

— Fumio Kishida

According to the Bank of England the economy is growing too fast so interest rates must rise to counter the supposed inflationary threat.

— Harry Enfield