Central bank Quote by Ben Bernanke

A financial panic is a very bad thing, but a government panic can do far greater damage in a far shorter time.

— Tom McClintock

When all feels calm and prices surge, the markets may feel safe; but, in fact, they are dangerous because few investors are focusing on…

— Seth Klarman

There is a well-established conviction that the central banks always do what is necessary to keep the system going and then afterwards you then…

— George Soros

Opponents of central-bank intervention are right about one thing: monetary financing carries serious risks. In order to ensure that it is as safe and…

— Gita Gopinath

Fear causes individuals to restrain their spending and firms to withhold investments; as a result, the economy weakens, confirming their fear and leading them…

— Robert J. Shiller

In an economy that already has lost some momentum, one must remain alert to the possibility that greater caution and weakening asset values in…

— Alan Greenspan

We as central bankers need not be concerned if a collapsing financial asset bubble does not threaten to impair the real economy, its production,…

— Alan Greenspan

To the extent that bank panics interfere with normal flows of credit, they may affect the performance of the real economy.

— Ben Bernanke

The mistakes we make as investors is when the market's going up, we think it's going to go up forever. When the market goes…

— John C. Bogle

Unless we have a Central Bank with adequate control of credit resources, this country is going to undergo the most severe and far reaching…

— Jacob Schiff

An investor who proposes to ignore near-term market fluctuations needs greater resources for safety and must not operate on so large a scale, if…

— John Maynard Keynes

Markets don't like instability, investors shy away from uncertainty, and consumer confidence goes down in difficult times.

— Richard Quest