Quotes About Finance

Chronic deficits drastically reduce government's ability to make those infrastructure investments that business needs to grow and create jobs.

The way to reduce the debt is by economic growth.

The critical thing is that we have to reduce the tax burden.

There are only two honest ways to reduce our debt: cut spending or raise revenues.

Diversify, because that helps reduce risk. And you can diversify outside the United States. Some people would never invest in Europe - I think that's a mistake.

Any move to reduce government spending is a positive for the economy.

Homeowners who refinanced their mortgages took out cash and reduced their monthly payments at the same time. Much of the cash obtained by refinancing was spent on consumer durables, home improvements and the like.

If the fluctuations in your investment portfolio are reduced, the impact of emotions and behavior on your account is also reduced.

For the most part, earnings and market value growth are a result of reduced expenses.

Accelerated depreciation helps companies bring forward capital-intensive investments by reducing payback time. It's not a hand out. Companies still have to pay the tax, but they simply get to defer it.

If you punish the banks, all you are doing is reducing the banks' capital, which you want to increase, and punishing shareholders, who have done nothing wrong.

Everybody has to agree that the best thing we can do to start reducing the deficit in this country is to put people back to work.

Well, we're just now seeing the reductions in mortgage rates. The mortgage rates are based on the ten-year rate and the Fed controls the overnight or the shorter rates.

The single greatest force for deficit reduction is a growing economy.

Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.

But if I had to do it, handle money, then I think I could be responsible, yes.

We all know money is power. And women won't be equal with men until we are financially equal with men. Getting more money into the hands of women is good for women, but it's also good for their families, for the economy, and for society.

I am fairly rich. Money's very handy, let's face it.

At 40 years of age, when you realize your bank balance will not see you through the years ahead, then my acting talent comes handy.

I have a hard time with businesses that don't make money at some point.

There is one thing Anthony Weiner and I agree on: there are a lot of smart, hard-working people in the financial industry.

One of the risks for anybody in the lending business is that being conservative can harm your competitiveness.

The cold harsh reality is that we have to balance the budget.

I didn't have to leave Celtic and go to England for money. It wasn't worth the hassle, and my wife and children felt settled in Glasgow.