The amount of currency in circulation is not changing. The money supply is not changing in any significant way.

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

The financial crisis appears to be mostly behind us, and the economy seems to have stabilized and is expanding again.

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

If Wall Street crashes, does Main Street follow? Not necessarily.

I assure this committee that, if I am confirmed, I will be strictly independent of all political influences... essential to that institution's ability to function effectively and achieve its mandated objectives.

The crisis in Europe has affected the US economy by acting as a drag on our exports, weighing on business and consumer confidence and pressuring US financial markets and institutions.