Quotes About Bernanke

and because U.S. fiscal policy, although a headwind during most of the recovery, was less restrictive than elsewhere.

He spoke with expertise, but perhaps also from a perspective influenced by his post-Fed positions.

as had been the norm before the crisis.

I wanted to avoid the perception of a "Bernanke put" if at all possible.

Jorgenson was invited to testify to Congress on the subject and he took me along.

There was absolutely no truth to the rumor,

Neither Tim nor I was thrilled with Sheila's plan.

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

Whenever I interview someone for a job, I always ask them whether they want to sit in Bernanke's chair. The only wrong answer is, 'Who's Bernanke?'.

If you have a traditional view of economics, you're probably thinking of Ben Bernanke making Fed policy, or the guys creating financial derivatives at Goldman Sachs.

Bernanke and company are trying to reflate the economy with almost stated objective of inflation at 2 percent and higher in order to provide some type of safety margin for a future recession. That's where they want to go.

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

Now that I'm a civilian again, I can once more comment on economic and financial issues without my words being put under the microscope by Fed watchers.

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