I'd throw dollars out of helicopters if I had to, to stimulate the economy.

If your uniform isn't dirty, you haven't been in the game.

I think that having good data, good statistics-and the United States generally has better macroeconomic statistics than most countries-and having good economists to interpret those data and present the policy alternatives, has a substantially beneficial effect on policymaking in the United States.

I don't think that Chinese ownership of U.S. assets is so large as to put our country at risk economically.

The GSEs are adequately capitalized. They are in no danger of failing.

The central bank needs to be able to make policy without short term political concerns.

Among the largest banks, the capital ratios remain good and I don’t expect any serious problems . . . . among the large, internationally active banks that make up a very substantial part of our banking system.