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

Not all information is beneficial.

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

A gold standard doesn't imply stability in the prices of the goods and services that people buy every day, it implies a stability in the price of gold itself.

Education - lifelong education for everyone - from toddlers to workers well advanced in their careers - is indeed an excellent investment for individuals and society as a whole.

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

The more guidance a central bank can provide the public about how policy is likely to evolve the greater the chance that market participants will make appropriate inferences.