Deficit Quote by Christina Romer

Well, I think what we need to remember is that budget deficits can impede economic activity.

— Anonymous

It certainly would be helpful going forward for deficit reduction efforts to focus on the medium term while not subtracting from the impetus we…

— Janet Yellen

When the economy is growing, there's a lot that can be done to deal with the deficit.

— Henry Paulson

I know economists will say well, we could run a small deficit but the problem is that once you cross that line as we…

— Stephen Harper

I think it's important to look at what we need to do to get the economy going again. That's why I said new jobs…

— Hillary Clinton

The deficit - the U.S. knows our deficit is too large. We are committed to bringing it down. We are bringing it down. The…

— John W. Snow

The federal budget deficit isn't the nation's major economic problem and deficit reduction shouldn't be our major goal. Our problem is lack of good…

— Robert Reich

I think growing an economy is a good way to help with a deficit, but ultimately, it's about fiscal discipline and responsible spending -…

— Justin Trudeau

We're committed to working with Congress to doing what the president said he was always going to do, which is cut the deficit in…

— Christina Romer

Bill Clinton tried the approach that I'm talking about. We created 23 million new jobs. We went from deficit to surplus. And businesses did…

— Barack Obama

I have spoken about deficits, and I think deficits are important because they address broad economic and financial stability. We need to talk about…

— Ben Bernanke

When you see what the deficit is, then you have to do something about it.

— Viola Davis