Regulation needs to catch up with innovation.

A single agency responsible for systemic risk would be accountable in a way that no regulator was in the run-up to the 2008 crisis. With access to all necessary information to monitor the markets, this regulator would have a better chance of identifying and limiting the impact of future speculative bubbles.

I'm a straightforward person. I like to be direct with people.

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.

China and the U.S. are the two largest importers of oil. They are the two largest emitters of carbon.

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

I have great, great confidence in our capital markets and in our financial institutions. Our financial institutions, banks and investment banks, are strong. Our capital markets are resilient. They're efficient. They're flexible.