The conditions which now exist in Germany make it impossible for industrial production to reach the levels which the occupying powers agreed were essential for a minimum German peacetime economy. – James F. Byrnes
Contrary to common assumption, many of the wealthiest Americans aren’t worried about the weakening economy at all. They are actually excited about it. – Jamie Johnson
Our ability to predict how the federal funds rate will evolve over time is quite limited because monetary policy will need to respond to whatever disturbances may buffet the economy. – Janet Yellen
For decades, the pace of technological change in manufacturing has outstripped that in the economy as a whole. And, so, firms – manufacturing firms – have found it easier to continue producing by – with – reducing their workforces. – Janet Yellen
By reducing our dependence of foreign oil and increasing alternative energy sources such as ethanol, we can begin to bring down prices at the pumps, create thousands of new jobs and bring a much needed boost to our economy. – Jim Ryun
I realized it was happening, but most people didn’t realize it was happening. I mean, because as a self-employed person, when there is a recession or a cutback in the economy, we feel it first. Because many self-employed people provide services that are nonessential. – Iyanla Vanzant
You don’t have a very motivated working class, it starts to affect the dynamics of the economy. If workers are disenchanted and disenfranchised, productivity losses will go along with that. – James Sinegal
For a head of state presiding over a ruined economy, an active army with its low wages is god-sent: All he’s got to do is provide it with an objective. – Joseph Brodsky
I think in part the reason is that seeing an economy that is, in many ways, quite different from the one grows up in, helps crystallize issues: in one’s own environment, one takes too much for granted, without asking why things are the way they are. – Joseph Stiglitz
The Irish move to a very low corporation tax has generated very significant revenue growth, considerably in excess of Britain’s, where a slower economy has been combined with a number of stealth taxes. – John Redwood
What most entrepreneurs don’t understand is that it isn’t the economy that bursts a bubble, but investor psychology. – Jay Samit
Housing is a relatively small sector of the economy, and its decline should be self-correcting. – Janet Yellen
If we can get this economy moving and quit doing the things that prohibit growth, Alabama… can sustain that growth. – Jeff Sessions
Monetary policy ultimately must be conducted in a pragmatic manner that relies not on any particular indicator or model but, instead, reflects an ongoing assessment of a wide range of information in the context of our ever-evolving understanding of the economy. – Janet Yellen
I personally think intellectual property is an oxymoron. Physical objects have a completely different natural economy than intellectual goods. – John Perry Barlow
Here in Australia we do get impacted by global economic events. But we should have some confidence that our economy has got strong underlying fundamentals. – Julia Gillard
If you’re going to grow the economy, if people are going to have more income, you have to have stability in the marketplace. – Jason Chaffetz
Many have wondered if Greece’s economy would get so bad that it would eventually break away from the Eurozone – a move that could encourage other countries to follow and therefore splinter the currency union. – Jens Nordvig
If the Administration does nothing, high gasoline prices will continue to increasingly burden our economy, taking millions of dollars out of the hands of families and putting it straight into the pockets of OPEC. – Byron Dorgan
One of the fastest ways to build the clean energy economy is to allow more people to benefit from it. – Billy Parish
Between 1857 and 1929, while regulators largely stood idle, the American economy swung through 19 national boom-and-bust gyrations that sometimes threatened to wipe out whole industries within months. – Charles Duhigg
I don’t know where the stock market is going, but I will say this, that if it continues higher, this will do more to stimulate the economy than anything we’ve been talking about today or anything anybody else was talking about. – Alan Greenspan
How much greater would their contributions to the U.S. economy be if U.S. copyright owners could access foreign markets otherwise dominated by pirate product? – Howard Berman
I think that the economy, and the political system, has literally become such a disaster I don’t know if it’s possible to save it. – James Woods
There is a state that is able to understand the demand in the economy. That state should use prices as an instrument for implementation of this understanding. – Anatoly Chubais
We have a duty as the state to protect our economy… We are for the protection of intellectual property. – Angela Merkel
The economy is governed through cartel agreements and monopoly. The attorney general is the one who’s controlling funds. There is no free business in Georgia. – Bidzina Ivanishvili