Debt Quote by William J. Clinton

“The received wisdom is that risk increases in the recession and falls in booms. In contrast, it may be more helpful to think of…

— Andrew Crockett

I personally believe that there's going to be a good case for the government preserving some type of guarantee to make sure that people…

— Timothy Geithner

I believe strongly that we need a finance industry that is good for the economy, and I don't think anybody would argue that during…

— Hillary Clinton

As boom- and bust-prone as high finance always has been and remains, the greatest systemic risk to our economy is not Wall Street. It's…

— Tony Blankley

I think we will have continuing danger from these markets and that we will have repeats of the financial crisis - [they] may differ…

— Brooksley Born

I think that in the near term the only threat to demand is some form of recession here in the United States.

— Andrew Gould

The collapse of the housing bubble sent the world spiraling into recession. The collapse of the energy and commodity bubble threatens to be just…

— Kelly Evans

If there is one common theme to the vast range of crises...it is that excessive debt accumulation, whether it be by the government, banks,…

— Carmen Reinhart

There is a basic lesson on financial crises that governments tend to wait too long, underestimate the risks, want to do too little. And…

— Timothy Geithner

The risk that the economy has entered a substantial downturn appears to have diminished over the past month or so.

— Ben Bernanke

What happens during recessions, is you have less windfalls just helping you cover mistakes. You have to be more careful about not making mistakes.

— Reid Hoffman

The crisis and recession have led to very low interest rates, it is true, but these events have also destroyed jobs, hamstrung economic growth…

— Ben Bernanke