Over the years, the U.S. economy has shown a remarkable ability to absorb shocks of all kinds, to recover, and to continue to grow.
Ben BernankeI served seven years as the chair of the Princeton economics department where I had responsibility for major policy decisions, such as whether to serve bagels or doughnuts at the department coffee hour.
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 BernankeThe lesson of history is that you do not get a sustained economic recovery as long as the financial system is in crisis.
Ben BernankeI 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.
Ben Bernanke