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In the future, my communications with the public and with the markets will be entirely through regular and formal channels. — Ben Bernanke

Economics is a very difficult subject. I've compared it to trying to learn how to repair a car when the engine is running. — Ben Bernanke

Both humanity's capacity to innovate and the incentives to innovate are greater today than at any other time in history. — Ben Bernanke

The downturn following the collapse of Japan's so-called bubble economy of the 1980s was not as severe as the Great Depression. — Ben Bernanke

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

Identity theft is a serious crime that affects millions of Americans each year. — Ben Bernanke

September and October of 2008 was the worst financial crisis in global history, including the Great Depression, — Ben Bernanke

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

I got into economics because I wanted to make things better for the average person. — Ben Bernanke

While rising delinquencies and foreclosures will continue to weigh heavily on the housing market this year, it will not cripple the U.S. — Ben Bernanke

Actually, I'm a Republican. — Ben Bernanke

I don't think there are any students who should not be exposed to a basic financial literacy course. — Ben Bernanke

Preventing liquidation of an unbalanced market will leave you in tears. — Ben Bernanke

One would be forgiven for concluding that the assumed benefits of financial innovation are not all they were cracked up to be. — Ben Bernanke

I am very proud of my nerd-dom. — Ben Bernanke

The lesson of history is that you do not get a sustained economic recovery as long as the financial system is in crisis. — Ben Bernanke

Low and stable inflation in many countries is an important accomplishment that will continue to bring significant benefits. — Ben Bernanke

Interest rates are used to achieve overall economic stability. — Ben Bernanke

Aggregate statistics can sometimes mask important information. — Ben Bernanke

Many savers are also homeowners; indeed, a family's home may be its most important financial asset. Many savers are working, or would like to be. — Ben Bernanke

It must be awfully frustrating to get a small raise at work and then have it all eaten by a higher cost of commuting. — Ben Bernanke

As we try to make the financial system safer, we must inevitably confront the problem of moral hazard. — Ben Bernanke

The Federal Reserve has never suffered any losses in the course of its normal lending to banks and, now, to primary dealers. — Ben Bernanke

The children of the unemployed achieve less in school and appear to have reduced long-term earnings prospects. — Ben Bernanke

Our financial system is so complicated and so interactive - so many different markets in different countries and so many sets of rules. — Ben Bernanke

The Federal Reserve will not monetize the debt. — Ben Bernanke

The amount of currency in circulation is not changing. The money supply is not changing in any significant way. — Ben Bernanke

The Federal Reserve is not currently forecasting a recession. — Ben Bernanke

There will not be an automatic increase in interest rate when unemployment hits 6.5%. — Ben Bernanke

In a slow-growing world that is short on aggregate demand, Germany's trade surplus is a problem. — Ben Bernanke

If Wall Street crashes, does Main Street follow? Not necessarily. — Ben Bernanke

Economic engineering is about the design and analysis of frameworks for achieving specific economic objectives. — Ben Bernanke

A.I.G. was even larger than Lehman, with a substantial presence in derivatives and debt markets, as well as in insurance markets. — Ben Bernanke

Under current law, on January 1st, 2013, there is going to be a massive fiscal cliff of large spending cuts and tax increases. — Ben Bernanke

Growth in U.S. real imports slowed to about 3 percent in 2006, in part reflecting a drop in real terms in imports of crude oil and petroleum products. — Ben Bernanke

A little humility never hurts. — Ben Bernanke

Developments in financial markets can have broad economic effects felt by many outside the markets. — Ben Bernanke

Banks need to continue to lend to creditworthy borrowers to earn a profit and remain strong. — Ben Bernanke

I invest in anything that Bernanke can't destroy including Gold, canned beans, bottled water and flashlight batteries ... — David Stockman

I don't fully understand movements in the gold price — Ben Bernanke

I'd throw dollars out of helicopters if I had to, to stimulate the economy. — Ben Bernanke

Fostering transparency and accountability at the Federal Reserve was one of my principal objectives when I became Chairman in February 2006. — Ben Bernanke

There are limits to monetary policy. — Ben Bernanke

Uncertainty is seen to retard investment independently of considerations of risk or expected return. — Ben Bernanke

It's true that the Federal Reserve faces a lot of political pressure and is unpopular in many circles. — Ben Bernanke

Central bankers got it right in the United States in 1987 when they avoided deflationary pressures as well as serious trouble in the banking system. — Ben Bernanke

I was a professor at Princeton University. And, in that capacity, I studied for many years the role of financial crisis in the economy. — Ben Bernanke

A collapse in U.S. stock prices certainly would cause a lot of white knuckles on Wall Street. — Ben Bernanke

Community development has a long history of innovation and learning from experience. — Ben Bernanke

Banks will have to win the confidence of their customers through fair dealing, making good loans, and remaining financially healthy. — Ben Bernanke

To be sure, faster growth in nominal labor compensation does not necessarily portend higher inflation. — Ben Bernanke

To the extent that bank panics interfere with normal flows of credit, they may affect the performance of the real economy. — Ben Bernanke

No one will lend at a negative interest rate; potential creditors will simply choose to hold cash, which pays zero nominal interest. — Ben Bernanke

The financial crisis appears to be mostly behind us, and the economy seems to have stabilized and is expanding again. — Ben Bernanke

I am confident that we will meet whatever challenges the future may bring. — Ben Bernanke

How much would you pay to avoid a second Depression? — Ben Bernanke

In the past, Federal Reserve chairmen have not generally gone directly to the public. — Ben Bernanke

Market discipline can only limit moral hazard to the extent that debt and equity holders believe that, in the event of distress, they will bear costs. — Ben Bernanke

The banks have accounts with the Fed, much the same way that you have an account in a commercial bank. — Ben Bernanke

As an educator myself, I understand the profound effect that good teachers and a quality education have on the lives of our young people. — Ben Bernanke

Remember that physical beauty is evolution's way of assuring us that the other person doesn't have too many intestinal parasites. — Ben Bernanke

If the fiscal cliff occurs, I don't think the Federal Reserve has the tools to offset that event. — Ben Bernanke

If you are asking me if I would advocate that the Chinese go to greater flexibility in their exchange rate, I certainly would. — Ben Bernanke

No economy can succeed without a high-quality workforce, particularly in an age of globalization and technical change. — Ben Bernanke

You want to put the fire out first and then worry about the fire code. — Ben Bernanke

Rents should begin to decelerate as the demand for owner-occupied housing stabilizes and the supply of rental units increases. — Ben Bernanke

China is growing very quickly and is clearly becoming an important player in the world economy. — Ben Bernanke

It's the price of success: people start to think you're omnipotent. — Ben Bernanke

The more important reason is that the research itself provides an important long-run perspective on the issues that we face on a day-to-day basis. — Ben Bernanke

Small businesses have played an important role in fueling past economic recoveries. — Ben Bernanke

I don't see much evidence of an equity bubble, — Ben Bernanke

In fact, the world needs more nerds. — Ben Bernanke

Honest error in the face of complex and possibly intractable problems is a far more important source of bad results than are bad motives. — Ben Bernanke

Chairman Greenspan is, of course, a master. — Ben Bernanke

For many of us, owning a home signaled a passage into adulthood that coincided with the start of a career and family. — Ben Bernanke

[Virtual Currencies] may hold long-term promise, particularly if the innovations Promote a faster, more secure and more efficient payment system. — Ben Bernanke

Although low inflation is generally good, inflation that is too low can pose risks to the economy - especially when the economy is struggling. — Ben Bernanke

Building a rainy-day fund during good times may not be politically popular, but it can pay off during the bad times. — Ben Bernanke

The American people are among the most productive in the world. We have the best technologies. We have great universities. We have entrepreneurs. — Ben Bernanke

If you want to understand geology, study earthquakes. If you want to understand the economy, study the Depression. — Ben Bernanke

The movement toward a holistic approach to community development has been long in the making, but the housing crisis has motivated further progress. — Ben Bernanke

The Fed's independence is critical. — Ben Bernanke

In many spheres of human endeavor, from science to business to education to economic policy, good decisions depend on good measurement. — Ben Bernanke

We do not expect significant spillovers from the subprime market to the rest of the economy or to the financial system. — Ben Bernanke

Textbooks describe economics as the study of the allocation of scarce resources. That definition may be the 'what,' but it certainly is not the 'why.' — Ben Bernanke

Economics has many substantive areas of knowledge where there is agreement, but also contains areas of controversy. That's inescapable. — Ben Bernanke

History has demonstrated time and again the inherent resilience and recuperative powers of the American economy. — Ben Bernanke

Since World War II, inflation - the apparently inexorable rise in the prices of goods and services - has been the bane of central bankers. — Ben Bernanke

The benefit of appointing a hawkish central banker is the increased inflation-fighting credibility that such an appointment brings. — Ben Bernanke

If you're in a car crash, you're mostly involved in trying to not go off the bridge, and later on you say, 'Oh my God!' — Ben Bernanke

The people who best use their advantages, or overcome adversity, and work honestly are those most worthy of admiration. — Ben Bernanke

I come from Main Street, from a small town that's really depressed. — Ben Bernanke

I would argue that no financial instrument counted as regulatory capital should be allowed to receive any protection from losses. — Ben Bernanke

A money-financed tax cut is essentially equivalent to Milton Friedman's famous 'helicopter drop' of money. — Ben Bernanke

Nobody likes to fail but failure is an essential part of life and of learning. If your uniform isn't dirty, you haven't been in the game. — Ben Bernanke

Myth: Bernanke Fed is committed to stimulus until a recovery occurs. Fact: The current monetary policy assures further capital destruction — Ziad K. Abdelnour

The financial crisis that began in the summer of 2007 was an extraordinarily complex event with multiple causes. — Ben Bernanke

Of course, economic forecasts must be revised when new information arrives and are thus necessarily provisional. — Ben Bernanke

The Federal Reserve cannot solve all the economy's problems on its own. — Ben Bernanke

In the tradition of national income accounting, economic policymakers have typically focused on variables such as income, wealth, and consumption. — Ben Bernanke