129 Quotes by Lawrence Summers

The president has set a principle: No bank with an unsatisfactory CRA rating could take advantage of any of the powers granted by this deregulation,

The president has made it very clear that he will not sign any budget measure that doesn't put Social Security and Medicare first, that doesn't take those steps forward (and) certainly any measures that would put at risk the progress we've made in paying down the debt,

The overarching global imperative to work to combat poverty ... must gain added urgency today when HIV-AIDS, conflict and other catastrophes are helping to reverse years of development gains in the poorest countries,

We discussed developments in our exchange and financial markets, ... In this context, we emphasized our view that exchange rates among major currencies should reflect economic fundamentals. We will continue to monitor developments in exchange markets and cooperate as appropriate.

We are not contemplating formal requests from any other country,

We are considering naming chairs after distinguished Indians. The research center will look at a broad canvas of research on all aspects of India.

We afford ourselves the best chance of maintaining stability in the highly complex Pacific region by inviting China into the global system rather than keeping it out,

We are mindful that we must not take our expansion for granted.

We want to be candid about the need for them to reform their banking system and do more on trade and the like, but the guy (Hashimoto) is also under a lot of pressure right now.