#finance

But because we in the United States finance our current account deficit by borrowing in our own currency, we can move to a more competitive dollar without the adverse effects that followed currency declines in other countries. ↗

— Martin Feldstein

#adverse #because #borrowing #competitive #countries

The only way that we can reduce our financial dependence on the inflow of funds from the rest of the world is to reduce our trade deficit. ↗

— Martin Feldstein

#deficit #dependence #financial #funds #only

Well, first let me say that I think health care reform is important. It has to be a priority. And our system is broken. The Finance Committee bill is the best effort yet, due in large measure to the efforts of my colleague, Olympia Snowe, but it's not there yet. It falls short. ↗

— Susan Collins

#bill #broken #care #colleague #committee

Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

#aspect #cases #convey #even #improbable

I personally believe that there's going to be a good case for the government preserving some type of guarantee to make sure that people have the ability to borrow to finance a house even in a very damaging recession. I think there's going to be a good case for that. ↗

— Timothy Geithner

#believe #borrow #case #damaging #even

And I think it's a prudent, responsible way, given the scale of the emergency, the scale of the damage still facing America, that we finance these additional support for the unemployed as well as the support for small business. We think there's a good case for doing it now. We want to do it in an overall fiscally responsible way. ↗

— Timothy Geithner

#america #business #case #damage #doing

If US per capita income continues to grow at a rate of 1.5 percent a year, the country will have plenty of money to finance comfortable retirements and high-quality healthcare for all citizens, including those at the bottom of the wage ladder. ↗

— William Greider

#capita #citizens #comfortable #continues #country

Canadians know that the promise of a recession didn't happen because of anything we did here. If you look at all the causes of the recession, problems in mortgage markets, the problems in the banking sector, the problems in government finance in countries like Greece, none of those problems were in present Canada. ↗

— Stephen Harper

#banking #because #canada #canadians #causes

You actions are your only true belongings. ↗

— Allan Lokos

#buisness #finance #mindfulness #art

Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth. ↗

— Alfred Marshall

#capital #devoted #further #obtaining #part