7 Quotes by Marshall Vest

He continued the fight against inflation that Volcker began and has gradually managed to squeeze inflation out of the system.

We are a state of haves and have-nots.

The world economy has become much more open and global. Greenspan was in favor of all that, as most economists are.

It's really about the people who are already here and their skills, because if the company, for some reason, pulls up stakes, then at least there is some residual value by having improved the job skills of the existing work force.

The Fed has done the right things at the right times fighting inflation, keeping the economy going and providing stability.

The Fed has been right there to catch the economy. We may live in a riskier world, but we've entered a period of longer expansions with shorter, milder recessions.

A mild winter has allowed the U.S. to avoid much higher energy prices, particularly for natural gas and home heating oil, which could have seriously slowed the expansion. As we head into the spring quarter, the nation's economy is essentially at full capacity with growing pressures on inflation.