31 Quotes by Roger Altman

As we all know, the budget decisions which give rise to increased debt are what counts, and the debt is just a by-product of those budget decisions.

The Fed is the major U.S. firefighter. It's not the Treasury. It's not the Congress. We certainly saw that vividly in 2008.

In this age, if the currency of a major nation collapses, or its access to borrowing ends, it just can't function.

In September 2008, the overleveraged and undermanaged U.S. banking system suffered a terrifying collapse. And that, in turn, nearly took the whole country down.

I think Obamacare, for all its controversy, is actually working.

Housing works like a trampoline. When it is pushed down far enough and long enough, it will eventually snap upward very powerfully.

Cheap natural gas is a big stimulus to petrochemical production and a meaningful one for all U.S. manufacturing.

I don't think there's a more battle-hardened veteran anywhere than Larry Summers.

The idea that America, whose oil production has been declining for the past 40 years, is now on track to become the world's biggest producer by 2015 is still hard to grasp.