Janet Yellen

Policies that promote investment in people or human capital, fiscal capital, both public infrastructure and private investment, are also important in promoting productivity.

I think we refuse to actually take a long hard look at our Federal budget to see what simply doesn't make sense anymore.

So African Americans generally have unemployment rates and labor market experience that is more cyclical.

We believe very strongly in tailoring to make sure that our regulations fit the risk profiles of particular institutions.

They have proposed a tax plan that would reduce Federal revenue more than 2 trillion dollars.

I really urge Congress to focus on policies--they may be fiscal policies or other policies--that would succeed in raising productivity growth.

Generally, there are a number of areas that impact productivity growth, and this could look to different kinds of policies.

Fiscal sustainability has been a long-standing problem, and . . . the U.S. fiscal course, as our population ages and health care costs increase, is already not sustainable.

There is not very much that we can do in incorporating that into our forecasts.

The Committee's 2 percent inflation objective is not a ceiling.

Now just recently my friends on the other side of the isle have proposed repealing the Affordable Care Act, which will reduce revenues by $350 billion over the next decade.

I would say that the data suggests that the support that fiscal policy provided during the period of recovery overall, both Federal and State, was substantially lower than would be typical.

Community banks feel the burden of regulation is very great.

I believe we would have a much weaker economy if in the last number of years we had followed the dictates of that rule.

I really feel strongly that we should be looking for ways to mitigate the regulatory burden.

But, again, as you pointed out, that is a much higher rate, and the same is true at all education levels.

I have certainly never been pressured in any way by the Administration.

We would certainly welcome a nomination.

I think too-big-to-fail is a less significant problem now than it was before.

We are carrying that out.

It is important that they remain healthy. Reducing regulatory burden, it is important.

My interpretation is that it is legal.

I do believe we have the legal authority to do it.

I believe that the way we are setting it is legal and consistent with the Act.

Because there is public interest in what would happen under such a scenario.