My preference is for the Federal Reserve to be the systemic risk regulator, because the responsibility for identifying and limiting potential problems is a natural complement to its role in monetary policy.

Even if you don't have the authorities - and frankly I didn't have the authorities for anything - if you take charge, people will follow.

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

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.

As a Christian Scientist, I don't go to doctors and get diagnoses.

What I've said repeatedly is, 'I think the auto industry is a very important industry.'

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.