Believe Quote by Janet Yellen

Stronger productivity growth would tend to raise the average level of interest rates and, therefore, would provide the Federal Reserve with greater scope to…

— Janet Yellen

Interest rates are used to achieve overall economic stability.

— Ben Bernanke

The supply-side effect of a restrictive monetary policy, moreover, is likely to be perverse. High interest rates enter into costs and thus exert inflationary…

— William Vickrey

The Fed's ability to raise and lower short-term interest rates is its primary control over the economy.

— Alex Berenson

I think we do need to try to not just rely on the central bank to, in its wisdom, adjust interest rates, but allow…

— Robert J. Shiller

The Fed should make a clear commitment to stable money to reduce the swings in interest rates and inflation. Instead, it champions and flaunts…

— David Malpass

...the Federal Reserve has the capacity to operate in domestic money markets to maintain interest rates at a level consistent with our economic goals

— Ben Bernanke

Government should eschew suasion and directives to banks on interest rates that run counter to monetary policy actions.

— Urjit Patel

Stronger regulation and supervision aimed at problems with underwriting practices and lenders' risk management would have been a more effective and surgical approach to…

— Ben Bernanke

Finding the balance between making financial institutions safe and secure and also fostering economic growth and job creation is what we need. We need…

— Bob Diamond

If we were to underrun our inflation objective over a period of time that we tried to increase interest rates, I think that would…

— Charles L. Evans

“regulate interest rates charged on bank loans.98”

— Caroline Fraser