373 Quotes by Ben Bernanke

Rents should begin to decelerate as the demand for owner-occupied housing stabilizes and the supply of rental units increases.

Indeed, I would argue that, in situations of considerable slack, growth that is generated solely by increased productivity, and that is unaccompanied by substantial employment growth, may possibly require monetary ease, rather than monetary tightening, in the short run.

We do not expect significant spillovers from the subprime market to the rest of the economy or to the financial system.

Remember that physical beauty is evolution's way of assuring us that the other person doesn't have too many intestinal parasites.

Income inequality is troubling because, among other things, it means that many people in our society don't have the opportunities to advance themselves.

A money-financed tax cut is essentially equivalent to Milton Friedman's famous 'helicopter drop' of money.

Reconstruction is going to add jobs and growth to the economy,

In all likelihood, a significant amount of time will be required to restore the nearly eight and a half million jobs that were lost nationwide over 2008 and 2009.

While rising delinquencies and foreclosures will continue to weigh heavily on the housing market this year, it will not cripple the U.S.