192 Quotes by Janet Yellen

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    The past few decades of widening inequality can be summed up as significant income and wealth gains for those at the very top and stagnant living standards for the majority

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    Will capitalist economies operate at full employment in the absence of routine intervention? Certainly not,

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    To me, a wise and humane policy is occasionally to let inflation rise even when inflation is running above target.

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    Long-term unemployment can make any worker progressively less employable, even after the economy strengthens.

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    In government institutions and in teaching, you need to inspire confidence. To achieve credibility, you have to very clearly explain what you are doing and why. The same principles apply to businesses.

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    It slightly worries me that when people find a problem, they rush to judgment of what to do.

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    For my own part, I did not see and did not appreciate what the risks were with securitization, the credit ratings agencies, the shadow banking system, the S.I.V.’s — I didn’t see any of that coming until it happened.

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    If it were possible to take interest rates into negative territory I would be voting for that.

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    Listening to others, especially those with whom we disagree, tests our own ideas and beliefs. It forces us to recognize, with humility, that we don't have a monopoly on the truth.

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