Payment systems are critically important for overall market stability. On a typical business day, U.S. payment and settlement systems settle transactions valued at over $13 trillion.

U.S. exports to China have more than quintupled since China entered the WTO and have grown more quickly than imports. In fact, China is America's fastest-growing export market.

There is a very real danger that financial regulation will become a wolf in sheep's clothing.

There's a lot of things we could do better.

Economic growth and environmental protection are not at odds. They're opposite sides of the same coin if you're looking at longer-term prosperity.

I believe that the root cause of every financial crisis, the root cause, is flawed government policies

Our overriding goal in restructuring our financial architecture should be that taxpayers never again have to save a failing financial institution.