Ben Bernanke Quotes

New York never felt the recession. New York never felt a depression.

The fact is that the economy is really posed for the kind of recovery that people can see and understand.

No one’s ever made money betting against America.

In Europe, we see the underlying strength of the economy, especially in southern European countries.

We are currently gradually stabilizing our economy.

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.

In the Netherlands, we have had a difficult year and we are now getting out of this difficulty. So we have now growth prospects for 2014.

The positive news is that the British economy is continuing to grow and is creating jobs. And it is positive news too that at a time of real international instability we are a safe haven in the storm.

No, I've always been impressed with the tremendous resilience of the American economy. I think over the years, over the decades, it's demonstrated this tremendous ability to take severe body blows, if you will, and bounce back.

I want to see the economy rebound.

Naturally we are aware of the strength of our economy and naturally we don't want to downplay it.

It always looks dark at the bottom of a recovery.

This great country cannot be permanently kept in a state of relapse. I believe we will reoccupy the field temporarily lost to us, and go out to the peaceful conquest of new and greater fields of trade and commerce. The recovery will come slowly, perhaps, but it will come, and when it does we will be steadier and will better know how to avoid exposure hereafter.

American economic history does not support the idea that a strong economy depends on chronic federal borrowing.

There's no way that that our military power will not erode if a robust American economic revival is not part of the cards.

The financial crisis appears to be mostly behind us, and the economy seems to have stabilized and is expanding again.

A strong American economy is essential to the well-being and security of our friends and allies.

We are going to be thriving again. We have no growth in America.

Our country's economy is strong, diversified, and resilient.

We see very broad-based, moderate, growth. Most of the sectors are quite strong. I don't see any major potholes, and I believe [the economy] is strengthening.

I take great pride in having been able to overcome the Asian financial crisis and seeking the opportunities available to bring about an unprecedented growth in the economy.

Before Barack Obama took office, it looked like that pride could have vanished forever, but today, from the staggering depths of the Great Recession, the nation has had 29 straight months of job growth. Workers across my state and across the country are getting back the dignity of a good job and a good salary.

We should remember it wasn't so long ago that confidence in New York was in short supply.

The economy is showing encouraging signs of recovery.

When you poll all of the economists, uh, across America that I think are intellectually honest they would all, or maybe not all, but 95% of them 96% of them would say you know we really have got a powerful economy.