Possible Quote by Janet Yellen

Beyond monetary policy, fiscal policy has traditionally played an important role in dealing with severe economic downturns.

— Janet Yellen

Fiscal discipline can turn the economy around.

— Jeff Fortenberry

If there's a severe recession, the automatic stabilizers will come into effect, and we will still try to reduce the structural deficit, but we…

— Franklin Raines

Fiscal policy will need to manage trade-offs between supporting demand, protecting social spending, and ensuring that public debt remains on a sustainable path, with…

— Gita Gopinath

Surely, the best and most effective measure is to get the economy moving and shorten the period of recession or slowdown. That's the rationale…

— Lucy Powell

Throughout history, the only way of restoring stability is to write down the debts. That is treated now as if it's something that can't…

— Michael Hudson

I think achieving a higher fiscal stability is also a very important condition for restoring an environment which is conducive to growth.

— Lucas Papademos

Having your fiscal house in order and having a more manageable macro-economic future is going to be very useful in creating growth.

— Fareed Zakaria

Popular as Keynesian fiscal policy may be, many economists are skeptical that it works. They argue that fine-tuning the economy is a virtually impossible…

— James Surowiecki

In stabilizing the macroeconomic environment, we have focused on aligning fiscal with monetary policy and nudging the central bank toward the objective of more…

— Yemi Osinbajo

At times of recession, running a budget deficit is highly desirable. Once the economy begins to recover, you have to balance the budget. But…

— George Soros

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