Ben Bernanke

Monetary policy is not a panacea.

— Ben Bernanke

The Fed is totally open.

— Ben Bernanke

I am very proud of my nerd-dom.

— Ben Bernanke

In fact, the world needs more nerds.

— Ben Bernanke

Not all information is beneficial.

— Ben Bernanke

Actually, I'm a Republican.

— Ben Bernanke

The Federal Reserve will not monetize the debt.

— Ben Bernanke

A little humility never hurts.

— Ben Bernanke

The central bank needs to be able to make policy without short term political concerns.

— Ben Bernanke

Different countries have different kinds of financial structures.

— Ben Bernanke

If two people always agree, one of them is redundant.

— Ben Bernanke

Certainly, 9 percent unemployment and very slow growth is not a good situation.

— Ben Bernanke

Community development has a long history of innovation and learning from experience.

— Ben Bernanke

The world has a great deal more to offer than money.

— Ben Bernanke

Identity theft is a serious crime that affects millions of Americans each year.

— Ben Bernanke

I am confident that we will meet whatever challenges the future may bring.

— Ben Bernanke

We do not expect significant spillovers from the subprime market to the rest of the economy or to the financial system.

— Ben Bernanke

Central bankers got it right in the United States in 1987 when they avoided deflationary pressures as well as serious trouble in…

— Ben Bernanke

The ultimate purpose of economics, of course, is to understand and promote the enhancement of well-being.

— Ben Bernanke

Monetary policy is a blunt tool which certainly affects the distribution of income and wealth, although whether the net effect is to…

— Ben Bernanke

One would be forgiven for concluding that the assumed benefits of financial innovation are not all they were cracked up to be.

— Ben Bernanke

History has demonstrated time and again the inherent resilience and recuperative powers of the American economy.

— Ben Bernanke

If bankers become overly conservative in response to past lending mistakes - or if examiners force such behavior - it will hurt…

— Ben Bernanke

While rising delinquencies and foreclosures will continue to weigh heavily on the housing market this year, it will not cripple the U.S.

— Ben Bernanke

House prices have risen by nearly 25 percent over the past two years. Although speculative activity has increased in some areas, at…

— Ben Bernanke

Achieving price stability is not only important in itself, it is also central to attaining the Federal Reserve's other mandate objectives of…

— Ben Bernanke

Stronger regulation and supervision aimed at problems with underwriting practices and lenders' risk management would have been a more effective and surgical…

— Ben Bernanke

I served seven years as the chair of the Princeton economics department where I had responsibility for major policy decisions, such as…

— Ben Bernanke

Importantly, in the 1930s, in the Great Depression, the Federal Reserve, despite its mandate, was quite passive and, as a result, financial…

— Ben Bernanke

Under a cold turkey strategy, at each policy meeting the Federal Open Market Committee would make its best guess about where it…

— Ben Bernanke

Consumers going through foreclosure typically will see their credit scores drop, raising longer-term questions about their ability to rebound financially and perhaps…

— Ben Bernanke

As you know, in the latter part of 2008 and early 2009, the Federal Reserve took extraordinary steps to provide liquidity and…

— Ben Bernanke

“A meritocracy is a system in which the people who are the luckiest in their health and genetic endowment; luckiest in terms…

— Ben Bernanke

There's no denying that a collapse in stock prices today would pose serious macroeconomic challenges for the United States. Consumer spending would…

— Ben Bernanke

Like gold, U.S. dollars have value only to the extent that they are strictly limited in supply. But the U.S. government has…

— Ben Bernanke

The basic prescription for preventing deflation is therefore straightforward, at least in principle: Use monetary and fiscal policy as needed to support…

— Ben Bernanke

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

Given the central role of effective, firmwide risk management in maintaining strong financial institutions, it is clear that supervisors must redouble their…

— Ben Bernanke

The Fed's independence is critical.

— Ben Bernanke

I don't see much evidence of an equity bubble,

— Ben Bernanke