An open, competitive, and liberalized financial market can effectively allocate scarce resources in a manner that promotes stability and prosperity far better than governmental intervention.

Every global concern - economic, environmental or security-related - can be addressed more effectively when the U.S. and China work together.

In just about every area of society, there's nothing more important than ethics.

The most pressing and significant problems in the global economy are unsustainable structural issues with regard to the E.U. - fiscal deficits and the structure of the E.U. itself.

In terms of the overall economy, we've got challenges and the big focus has got to be on recovery, on repair, and that's going to take a while.

A Fed loan to Lehman Brothers would not have prevented a bankruptcy.

Regulation needs to catch up with innovation.