As countries get wealthier - all of them, together - you're going to have financial assets. That is a good thing. You could argue the assets were traded too much, or that they're too highly valued, or too leveraged.

A bank is a relationship. I can't desert you and expect to have a strong relationship afterward. If I told someone, "I know you've been buying milk from me and you need milk to survive. But the price is no longer $2 a gallon. It's going to be $40 a gallon. I'm going to bankrupt you." What do you guys think of me? You would hate us.

If it is a small rate raises, [there will be] no impact.

It's good for America when the rest of the world grows, because you can sell more to the rest of the world.

There are parts [in Dodd-Frank] that I don't agree with. But, in total, it is what it is.

We did not anticipate the political fallout from it. We definitely didn't need it and we paid it back the first day we were allowed to.

I think the free-enterprise system has been great for society. That doesn't mean it's completely perfect. And also, when people say capitalism, I'm not really sure what they mean.