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Productivity growth, however ...

Productivity growth, however it occurs, has a disruptive side to it. In the short term, most things that contribute to productivity growth are very painful.

Janet Yellen 86 quotes

While admirers of capitalism,...

While admirers of capitalism, we also to a certain extent believe it has limitations that require government intervention in markets to make them work.

Janet Yellen 86 quotes

When you hire a nanny, the qu...

When you hire a nanny, the question you ask yourself is, 'What's best for my precious child?' And do you really want someone who feels that your motive in life is to minimize the amount you spend on your child?

Janet Yellen 86 quotes

It is hard to have great conf...

It is hard to have great confidence in predicting what market reactions to Fed decisions will be.

Janet Yellen 86 quotes

Long-term unemployment can ma...

Long-term unemployment can make any worker progressively less employable, even after the economy strengthens.

Janet Yellen 86 quotes

Although we work through fina...

Although we work through financial markets, our goal is to help Main Street, not Wall Street.

Janet Yellen 86 quotes

Productivity depends on many ...

Productivity depends on many factors, including our workforce's knowledge and skills and the quantity and quality of the capital, technology, and infrastructure that they have to work with.

Janet Yellen 86 quotes

Household spending growth has...

Household spending growth has been particularly solid in 2015, with purchases of new motor vehicles especially strong. Job growth has bolstered household income, and lower energy prices have left consumers with more to spend on other goods and services.

Janet Yellen 86 quotes

In my junior year, I studied ...

In my junior year, I studied geology on Saturday mornings at the Museum of Natural History. Mineralogy has always been a major interest.

Janet Yellen 86 quotes

As always, it would be import...

As always, it would be important to ensure that any fiscal policy changes did not compromise long-run fiscal sustainability.

Janet Yellen 86 quotes

My bottom line is that moneta...

My bottom line is that monetary policy should react to rising prices for houses or other assets only insofar as they affect the central bank's goal variables - output, employment, and inflation.

Janet Yellen 86 quotes

By putting downward pressure ...

By putting downward pressure on interest rates, the Fed is trying to make financial conditions more accommodative - supporting asset values and lower borrowing costs for households and businesses and thus encouraging the spending that spurs job creation and a stronger recovery.

Janet Yellen 86 quotes

We need to increase the trans...

We need to increase the transparency of shadow banking markets so that authorities can monitor for signs of excessive leverage and unstable maturity transformation outside regulated banks.

Janet Yellen 86 quotes

Labor force participation pea...

Labor force participation peaked in early 2000, so its decline began well before the Great Recession. A portion of that decline clearly relates to the aging of the baby boom generation. But the pace of decline accelerated with the recession.

Janet Yellen 86 quotes

Our objective in regulation s...

Our objective in regulation should be to put in place tough enough regulation and capital and liquidity standards that we level the playing field and make it costly.

Janet Yellen 86 quotes

Models used to describe and p...

Models used to describe and predict inflation commonly distinguish between changes in food and energy prices - which enter into total inflation - and movements in the prices of other goods and services - that is, core inflation.

Janet Yellen 86 quotes

Because food and energy price...

Because food and energy prices are volatile, it is often helpful to look at inflation excluding those two categories - known as core inflation - which is typically a better indicator of future overall inflation than recent readings of headline inflation.

Janet Yellen 86 quotes

People stop buying things, an...

People stop buying things, and that is how you turn a slowdown into a recession.

Janet Yellen 86 quotes

It's pretty rare to just talk...

It's pretty rare to just talk to people who are having a tough time in the economy, to hear their individual stories.

Janet Yellen 86 quotes

At the federal level, the fis...

At the federal level, the fiscal stimulus of 2008 and 2009 supported economic output, but the effects of that stimulus faded; by 2011, federal fiscal policy actions became a drag on output growth when the recovery was still weak.

Janet Yellen 86 quotes

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