American economy Quote by Rodrigo Rato

...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

When it appears as though the governors of the Federal Reserve believe that the end of the rate increases is near, that's very good…

— Hugh S. Johnson

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

— Alex Berenson

“Thus, increases in interest rates matter greatly for the economy as a whole. They not only cause direct reductions in investment spending and interest-sensitive…

— McConnell Campbell

It would be helpful if someone would lay out exactly the economic mechanism that gets us from yet lower interest rates to actual economic…

— Jerry A. Webman

And we have a Fed that's doing political things. This Janet Yellen of the Fed. The Fed is doing political - by keeping the…

— Donald Trump

“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

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

It's appropriate for the Fed to gradually and cautiously increase our overnight interest rate over time.

— Janet Yellen

Our focus is on ensuring America has the strongest economy in the world for the next 100 years and to do that, we need…

— Kevin Brady

Paying interest on reserve balances enables the Fed to break the strong link between the quantity of reserves and the level of the federal…

— Janet Yellen

The Federal Reserve's job is to do the right thing, to take the long-run interest of the economy to heart, and that sometimes means…

— Ben Bernanke