Ben Bernanke

Our mission, as set forth by the Congress is a critical one: to preserve price stability, to foster maximum sustainable growth in output and employment, and to promote a stable and efficient financial system that serves all Americans well and fairly. ”

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

Certainly, 9 percent unemployment and very slow growth is not a good situation. ”

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

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. ”

Most of the policies that support robust economic growth in the long run are outside the province of the central bank. ”

It takes about two and a half percent growth just to keep unemployment stable. ”

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

Monetary policy cannot do much about long-run growth, all we can try to do is to try to smooth out periods where the economy is depressed because of lack of demand. ”

History has demonstrated time and again the inherent resilience and recuperative powers of the American economy. ”