Break Quote by Janet Yellen

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

— Alex Berenson

...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

“The Federal Reserve dictated not only the interest rates at which banks could borrow from one another, as it does today, but also the…

— Yaron Brook

We believe that the Federal Reserve has to carry on with a progressive increase in interest rates as a consequence of the American economy.

— Rodrigo Rato

By putting downward pressure on interest rates, the Fed is trying to make financial conditions more accommodative - supporting asset values and lower borrowing…

— Janet Yellen

The underlying strategy of the Fed is to tell people, "Do you want your money to lose value in the bank, or do you…

— Michael Hudson

There have been times when the Federal Reserve has restricted the money supply and raised interest rates to gain an end, which had much…

— Wright Patman

In 2006, the Congress had approved plans to allow the Fed, beginning in 2011, to pay interest on banks' reserve balances. In the fall…

— Janet Yellen

“As a reminder, among other things, the FOMC sets the fed funds interest rate, the rate at which commercial banks lend reserve balances to…

— Danielle DiMartino Booth

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 is the overlord of the money supply. If these two are not steering in the same direction, they can either neutralize…

— Wright Patman

Monetary policy is like juggling six balls... it is not 'interest rate up, interest rate down.' There is the exchange rate, there are long…

— Raghuram Rajan