"I strongly support and would urge the Congress to address the issue of GSE reform."
"we need to take all of those things into account."
"we see absolutely no need to consider any possibility of raising rates."
"the unemployment rate is not the Committee's definition of what constitutes full employment."
"I think it is also appropriate for Congress to look at what some of the special needs of long-term unemployed are."
"Over the last 20 years, the top 1 percent of earners has grown by more than 86 percent while incomes for the remaining 99 percent have grown by less than 7 percent."
"Sometimes the long-term unemployed do need to acquire different skills in order to be reabsorbed into the job market."
"I think almost all economists think that the minimum wage has two main effects: one is to give higher wages to those who continue to have jobs and were earning the minimum wage; and then, second, that..."
"So the Fed continues to think that end users do not pose systemic risks, and we will come back and will be crafting a rule in light of the international negotiations."
"I believe so."
"I cannot give you a date certain, but----"
"There are a number of ways, the asset liability matching separate accounts and so forth, that require tailored design of capital and liquidity requirements so they are appropriate to those business mo..."