20 Quotes by Stanley Fischer

This is errant nonsense from people who have not read or looked at the programs that the IMF supports.

There's a very definite sense that the momentum has changed direction,

The aggressive action by the Fed was extremely welcome,

This is just the beginning. So far, so good,

The Fed clearly believes we've reached bottom or will reach it in a month or two. They believe there's a lot of expansion in the pipeline from the very low interest rates and from the fiscal expansion.

I generally prefer to abide by agreements I've signed. So that is at least one rationale for transferring the money. There are all kinds of other rationales, but that is my starting point.

I fear so, but I see no advantage to spelling that out.

All the evidence suggests that the best way to grow is by integrating countries into the global economy. The policies we are supporting are policies that have been shown to work -- we have not been given any plausible alternatives.

All the evidence is that the best way to grow is to integrate into the global economy,