Central bank Quote by Raghuram Rajan

The job of the Central Bank is to worry.

— Alice Rivlin

The one thing people don't appreciate, I think, is that central banking is not a new development. It's been around for a very long…

— Ben Bernanke

If you bring cases against powerful bankers, they will enlist their political allies and they will give very large political contributions to do that

— William K. Black

The central bank needs to be able to make policy without short term political concerns.

— Ben Bernanke

When it comes to policies of central bankers, the biggest systemic risk we have... are those policies.

— Rick Santelli

There's no doubt that decisions made by the leading central banks do affect the global financial markets and, consequently, our situation.

— Elvira Nabiullina

When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation

— Napoleon Bonaparte

We are all socialists now, it seems. John McCain, David Cameron and Gordon Brown attack bankers' irresponsible behaviour and salaries, and call for state…

— Noreena Hertz

“People cherish a democratic nation that values decentralisation, accountability and transparency. Yet, few show concern, or no concern at all, about a centralised banking…

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

And as a matter of fact, governments don't act, governments only react. The bankers make the decisions, and then governments decide how are we…

— Robert Anton Wilson

The Central Bank has a lot to handle and it is best not to interfere with its competence.

— Vladimir Putin

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