Britain Quote by Gordon Brown

If we want to contrast what we have done in the past few years on delivery with what the right hon. and learned Gentleman…

— Tony Blair

Indeed, Britain was set to repeat the old, familiar cycle of boom and bust. Since then, we have created and rigorously adhered to a…

— Gordon Brown

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

Business cycles lengthened greatly during the 20th century, as central banks learned to manage national economies by raising and lowering interest rates.

— Alex Berenson

The 'boom-bust' cycle is generated by monetary intervention in the market, specifically bank credit expansion to business.

— Murray Rothbard

The higher interest and higher inflation is a vicious cycle.

— Arundhati Bhattacharya

Monetary policy causes booms and busts.

— Edward C. Prescott

Regional interest rate differentials persisted until around the time of World War I and helped shape the attitudes of Americans living in western areas…

— Jerome Powell

How is it having more control if we have a recession as the Bank of England and IFS say?

— Sadiq Khan

Interest rates are used to achieve overall economic stability.

— Ben Bernanke

Real short- and long-term rates were relatively high in the late-1990s, so financial excess can also arise without a low-rate environment.

— Jerome Powell

The boom, not the slump, is the right time for austerity at the Treasury.

— John Maynard Keynes