Audit Quote by Janet Yellen

“Audit the Fed is a bill that would politicize monetary policy, would bring short-term political pressures to bear on the Fed. In terms of openness about our financial accounts, we are extensively audited.”

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Nationally, the share of mortgages that are underwater fell by about one-half between 2011 and 2014.

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Will capitalist economies operate at full employment in the absence of routine intervention? Certainly not. Are deviations from full employment a social problem? Obviously.

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Individuals out of work for an extended period can become less employable as they lose the specific skills acquired in their previous jobs and…

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For decades, the pace of technological change in manufacturing has outstripped that in the economy as a whole. And, so, firms - manufacturing firms…

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For my own part, I did not see and did not appreciate what the risks were with securitization, the credit ratings agencies, the shadow…

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It's important for market participants to have a sense of how we think about the economy and the appropriate path of policy, to look…

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If there is a job that you feel passionate about, do what you can to pursue that job; if there is a purpose about…

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Although we work through financial markets, our goal is to help Main Street, not Wall Street.

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I felt that the Fed had always been the agency that picked up the pieces when there was a financial crisis, and it was…

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Increased business sales would almost certainly raise the productive capacity of the economy by encouraging additional capital spending, especially if accompanied by reduced uncertainty…

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There were a lot of manufacturing jobs lost over a long period of time and particularly after - during the Great Recession. We've had…

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Uncertainty about sales impedes business planning and could harm capital formation just as much as uncertainty about inflation can create uncertainty about relative prices…

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I want to be completely clear that I strongly oppose 'Audit the Fed.'

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