373 Quotes by Ben Bernanke

I was a professor at Princeton University. And, in that capacity, I studied for many years the role of financial crisis in the economy.

I would argue that no financial instrument counted as regulatory capital should be allowed to receive any protection from losses.

If you are not happy with yourself, even the loftiest achievements won't bring you much satisfaction.

If you take a candy bar in the short run, it gives you a burst of energy, but after a while, it just makes you fat.

If you're in a car crash, you're mostly involved in trying to not go off the bridge, and later on you say, 'Oh my God!'

In a slow-growing world that is short on aggregate demand, Germany's trade surplus is a problem.

In the future, my communications with the public and with the markets will be entirely through regular and formal channels.

In the past, Federal Reserve chairmen have not generally gone directly to the public.

In the typical economic recovery, a resurgent housing sector helps fuel reemployment and rising incomes.