Able Quote by Warren Buffett

...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

Clearly, for capitalism to work properly we must expect some upward normalisation of interest rates at some future point, to provide greater incentive for…

— Kwasi Kwarteng

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

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

Interest rates are used to achieve overall economic stability.

— Ben Bernanke

Efforts to promote financial stability through adjustments in interest rates would increase the volatility of inflation and employment. As a result, I believe a…

— Janet Yellen

High interest rates focus on the revenue of a parasitic class.Historically the financial system has been structured in favour of moneyed interests, that is,…

— Linda McQuaig

The central banks cannot control interest rates. That's a mistake. They can control a particular rate, such as the Federal Funds rate, if they…

— Milton Friedman

The economy is being run primarily by the banks for their own interest.

— Michael Hudson

Logically, it may be argued that banks could indeed lower interest rates and make up their profits through larger borrowing volumes. But banks, in…

— Sucheta Dalal

Low interest rates wipe out savers and devastate middle-class workers. The banksters have orchestrated this wealth transference of trillions, from the poor to the…

— Max Keiser

It might be harder for us to charge a higher interest rate, like they do, so it might not be as profitable for us.…

— Jamie Dimon