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• If current trends continue, the typical U.S. worker will be considerably more productive several decades from now. Thus, one might argue that letting future generations bear the burden of population aging is appropriate, as they will likely be richer than we are even taking that burden into account.

  Ben Bernanke

  Typical, Population, Generations

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• In the future, my communications with the public and with the markets will be entirely through regular and formal channels.

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  Communication, Formal

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• I am very proud of my nerd-dom.

  Ben Bernanke

  Nerd, Proud, Doms

  "Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke on Economy: 'Far Too Early to Declare Victory'" by Susanna Kim, abcnews.go.com. March 27, 2012.

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• The American people are among the most productive in the world. We have the best technologies. We have - great universities. We have entrepreneurs.

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  Technology, People, Entrepreneur

  "60 minutes" with Scott Pelley, www.realclearpolitics.com. March 15, 2009.

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• The benefit of appointing a hawkish central banker is the increased inflation-fighting credibility that such an appointment brings.

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  Fighting, Bankers, Benefits

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• I think that having good data, good statistics-and the United States generally has better macroeconomic statistics than most countries-and having good economists to interpret those data and present the policy alternatives, has a substantially beneficial effect on policymaking in the United States.

  Ben Bernanke

  Country, Thinking, Data

  Interview with Arthur J. Rolnick, www.minneapolisfed.org. June 1, 2004.

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• I served seven years as the chair of the Princeton economics department where I had responsibility for major policy decisions, such as whether to serve bagels or doughnuts at the department coffee hour.

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  Coffee, Responsibility, Years

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• If Wall Street crashes, does Main Street follow? Not necessarily.

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  Wall, Doe, Crash

  "A Crash Course for Central Bankers". foreignpolicy.com. November 20, 2009.

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• Weaker currencies abroad mean a strong dollar, and a stronger dollar, together with a weak global environment, is a drag on the U.S. economy. So it's important, as it affects overall levels of production and employment in the U.S. There are many domestic industries doing well in the United States, notwithstanding a strong dollar.

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  Strong, Mean, Important

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• The people who best use their advantages, or overcome adversity, and work honestly are those most worthy of admiration.

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  Adversity, People, Use

  "Ben Bernanke's 10 Brilliant Pieces Of Wisdom For Today's College Graduates" by Joe Weisenthal, www.businessinsider.com. June 2, 2013.

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• [Virtual Currencies] may hold long-term promise, particularly if the innovations Promote a faster, more secure and more efficient payment system.

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  Long, Innovation, Promise

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• Under current law, on January 1, 2013, there's going to be a massive fiscal cliff of large spending cuts and tax increases.

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  Cutting, Law, Important

  "Highlights: Bernanke's Q&A testimony to House panel". Ben Bernanke's remarks during the House Committee on Financial Services hearing at Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., www.reuters.com. February 29, 2012.

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• If you are asking me if I would advocate that the Chinese go to greater flexibility in their exchange rate, I certainly would.

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  Chinese, Asking, Rate

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• ...the Federal Reserve has the capacity to operate in domestic money markets to maintain interest rates at a level consistent with our economic goals

  Ben Bernanke

  Goal, Investing, Levels

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• The more guidance a central bank can provide the public about how policy is likely to evolve the greater the chance that market participants will make appropriate inferences.

  Ben Bernanke

  Chance, Guidance, Inference

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• The risk exists that, with aggregate demand exhibiting considerable momentum, output could overshoot its sustainable path, leading ultimately in the absence of countervailing monetary policy action to further upward pressure on inflation.

  Ben Bernanke

  Risk, Demand, Path

  Ben Bernanke's Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress Before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, www.federalreserve.gov. February 15, 2006.

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• The Fed is totally open.

  Ben Bernanke

  Feds

  "Bernanke's Q&A At The National Press Club". Interview with Joe Weisenthal, www.businessinsider.com.au. February 4, 2011.

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• The economist John Maynard Keynes said that in the long run, we are all dead. If he were around today he might say that, in the long run, we are all on Social Security and Medicare.

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  Running, Long, Might

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• Over the years, the U.S. economy has shown a remarkable ability to absorb shocks of all kinds, to recover, and to continue to grow. Flexible and efficient markets for labor and capital, an entrepreneurial tradition, and a general willingness to tolerate and even embrace technological and economic change all contribute to this resiliency.

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  Change, Technology, Years

  "Letting the air out". www.economist.com. November 19, 2008.

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• A collapse in U.S. stock prices certainly would cause a lot of white knuckles on Wall Street. But what effect would it have on the broader U.S. economy? If Wall Street crashes, does Main Street follow? Not necessarily.

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  Wall, White, Doe

  "A Crash Course for Central Bankers" by Ben Bernanke, foreignpolicy.com. November 20, 2009.

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