Life is amazingly unpredictable; any 22-year-old who thinks they know where they will be in 10 years, much less in 30, is simply lacking imagination.
Ben BernankeAmong the largest banks, the capital ratios remain good and I donโt expect any serious problems . . . . among the large, internationally active banks that make up a very substantial part of our banking system.
Ben BernankeIn the future, my communications with the public and with the markets will be entirely through regular and formal channels.
Ben BernankeUnder current law, on January 1, 2013, there's going to be a massive fiscal cliff of large spending cuts and tax increases.
Ben BernankeI think one of the lessons of the Depression - and this is something that Franklin Roosevelt demonstrated - was that when orthodoxy fails, then you need to try new things. And he was very willing to try unorthodox approaches when the orthodox approach had shown that it was not adequate.
Ben Bernanke