Henry Paulson Quotes

Talking about Korea, it has pretty high capital ratios at banks and maintains a good credit rating.

Our economy is increasingly dependent on the success and integrity of the financial markets.

The strongest bank in the United States will last only so long as the people will have sufficient confidence in it to keep their money there.

The big priorities will focus on the security and economic side because they really go hand in hand.

Expanded credit access has helped households maintain living standards when suffering job loss, illness, or other unexpected contingencies.

Everyone may have some advise for the RBI. Some may advise, 'Cut your lending rates and raise the deposit rate.' How will a bank function? We take a medium term view. The bank has an 80-year-old history. I don't want to destroy it for a few decisions.

I justified working so hard by knowing that I was helping to maintain the roof over our heads.

Having money is better than not having it, but I've been poor, and I've survived.

We cannot realize financial reconstruction and enhance social security without a strong economy.

The main long-run contribution monetary policy can make is to provide a stable macroeconomic and financial environment.

The RBI is interacting with the banks every day.

Unless you have economic security, then you can't have general security.

Physical wealth has not necessarily been very secure.

The most important thing is to defend the euro.

I don't think Congress, in general, has done a good job articulating to the American public how inextricably linked our credit markets are to our entire economic system.

I'm not really worried about England's banks.

Enhanced transparency has helped to reinforce the stability of India's financial system.

I'm getting money over here. I'm good, I'm young, I'm finally in a position to feed my family; please don't take that away from me.

We need a resilient, well-capitalized, well-regulated financial system that is strong enough to withstand even severe shocks and support economic growth by lending through the economic cycle.

I am very wealthy and I could nurture a child very well.

I do think that people deserve a basic economic floor so the bottom doesn't fall out under them.

I want us to be able to preserve our level of prosperity. We must constantly remind ourselves that Germany has been eating into its capital. It is only through successful management that we can once again secure our foundation of prosperity and social security.

Cash combined with courage in a time of crisis is priceless.

Money's only important when you don't have any.

Central banks are choosing to increase their gold holdings as a percentage of total reserves. They obviously think there is a reason to do that. It doesn't make sense to back up one currency with a hoard of other paper currencies. There needs to be a real anchor there. I think that central banks are well behind the curve. If you look at the percentage of above-ground gold controlled by central banks, it's historically low. Hence the fact that central banks are trying to increase their holdings. They've got a long way to go to get where they need to be.