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There are limits to monetary policy. ”
Different countries have different kinds of financial structures. ”
Our financial system is so complicated and so interactive - so many different markets in different countries and so many sets of rules. ”
Smart financial planning - such as budgeting, saving for emergencies, and preparing for retirement - can help households enjoy better lives while weathering financial shocks. Financial education can play a key role in getting to these outcomes. ”
I would argue that no financial instrument counted as regulatory capital should be allowed to receive any protection from losses. ”
The world has a great deal more to offer than money. ”
The Depression was an incredibly dramatic episode - an era of stock-market crashes, breadlines, bank runs and wild currency speculation, with the storm clouds of war gathering ominously in the background... For my money, few periods are so replete with human interest. ”
As you know, in the latter part of 2008 and early 2009, the Federal Reserve took extraordinary steps to provide liquidity and support credit market functioning, including the establishment of a number of emergency lending facilities and the creation or extension of currency swap agreements with 14 central banks around the world. ”
There are a number of institutions globally where the Federal Reserve typically leads the U.S. effort to work with financial regulators from other countries, and we try to, to the extent possible, establish international standards for how - the amount of capital a bank should hold, for example, or how much. ”
The amount of currency in circulation is not changing. The money supply is not changing in any significant way. ”