"I do not see those excesses having developed at this point."
"We need an accommodative policy."
"I will discuss with my colleagues what is appropriate. I do not have a definitive answer for you."
"I strongly support continued research to assist policymakers in understanding how successful community banks can contribute to the health of the U.S. economy."
"We are on the order of 35 percent, and that is--of all those unemployed more than 6 months, and that is a very disturbing trend."
"I agree with you, I am very concerned about trends toward rising income inequality in the country."
"Whenever we put out a regulation--an example would be our recent capital regulations implementing Basel III--we put out a special guide to show what is relevant to community banks, that they can ignor..."
"I completely agree with you that community banks were not the source of the financial crisis, and my colleagues and I do not want to see them caught up in unnecessary regulatory burden."
"I pledge that I will continue to work with my colleagues to do all that we can to make sure that we reduce the burdens on these community banks and do not in any way have a one-size-fits-all approach."
"I think it is essential that the path of debt to GDP be one that is sustainable over time."
"First of all, it raises the real or inflation-adjusted cost of capital, and it also redistributes debt burdens."
"We have seen that deflation is associated with very weak outcomes, economic outcomes, in the rare situations where it has occurred."