Skip to Content
TIME

Topics

Sections →

  • NewsFeed
  • U.S.
  • Politics
  • World
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Health
  • Science
  • Entertainment
  • Style
  • Sports
  • Opinion
  • Photos
  • Magazine
  • Video
  • LIFE.com
  • Lists
  • TIME Home
  • TIME
  • Magazine
  • Video
  • LIFE.com
  • Lists
Search
  • Follow
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Google+
    • Tumblr
    • RSS
  • Apps

Federal Reserve

  • Tweet
  • Overview
  • Articles
  • Pictures
  • Covers

Related TIME Covers

Time Cover
Time Cover
Time Cover
Time Cover

Search all Time Covers

Video

  • How the Federal Reserve Works

See More Videos

Quotes

November 03, 2011

"I think it would be helpful if we could get assistance from other parts of the government to help create more jobs."

- BEN BERNANKEchairman of the Federal Reserve, after the policy-making body significantly reduced its economic growth forecast through 2013 but decided against further action
August 09, 2011

"The trouble is that the Fed doesn't have a lot of tools left in its toolkit. "

- ROBERT REILLYAsia Co-head of Flow Fixed Income and Currencies at SociÉtÉ GÉnÉrale in Hong Kong. Investors were looking ahead to a meeting of the Federal Reserve, a day after the U.S. market's worst showing since December 2008
September 21, 2011

"To date, we have seen no evidence that further monetary stimulus will create jobs or provide a sustainable path towards economic recovery."

- A STATEMENfrom Republican House and Senate leaders in a letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, asking that he "resist further extraordinary intervention in the U.S. economy"

See more Quotes

Most Popular

Full List

  • MOST READ
  • MOST EMAILED
  1. Teens Tire of Facebook—But Not Enough to Log Off
  2. TIME Exclusive: President Obama's 1979 Prom Photos
  3. Mutant Cockroaches Have Learned to Evade Sugar Traps
  4. What's In That Big Mac? More Than You Think
  5. Why Exercise Won't Make You Thin
  6. Timelapse
  7. Viewpoint: Drugs to Boost Female Sex Drive: That's a Good Thing, Right?
  8. Solved! The Mystery of the Maddening Itch
  9. U.K. Police Arrest 3 More Men in Soldier's Slaying
  10. Before and After the Tornado: Satellite Shots of Moore
  1. THE PHILIPPINES: Votes for Women
  2. Kathryn Bigelow: The Art of Darkness
  3. New York City: 10 Things to Do
  4. San Francisco: 10 Things to Do
  5. How I Replaced Shakespeare
  6. Aging Out of Autism
  7. Las Vegas: 10 Things to Do
  8. The Ice Is Breaking
  9. Staying Power
  10. The Upside Of Being An Introvert (And Why Extroverts Are Overrated)
Curation software by Lingospot
  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • Android
  • TIME TV
  • Populist
  • The Page
  • TIME Home
  • NewsFeed
  • U.S.
  • Politics
  • World
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Health
  • Science
  • Entertainment
  • Photos
  • Videos
  • Lists
  • Magazine
  • © 2013 Time Inc. All rights reserved  
  • Privacy Policy
  • Your California Privacy Rights
  • RSS
  • Newsletter
  • Mobile
  • TIME For Kids
  • Subscribe
  • Contact Us
  • Terms of Use
  • Media Kit
  • Reprints & Permissions
  • Help
  • Site Map
  • Ad Choices
  • Custom Content
TIME logo

our partners

CNN logo CNN Money logo