Janet Yellen Economy Quotations

Inequality has risen to the point that it seems to me worthwhile for the U.S. to seriously consider taking the risk of making our economy more rewarding for more of the people.

Long-term unemployment can make any worker progressively less employable, even after the economy strengthens.

Estimates of the extent of spending are escalating, and the recovery and bounce-back, fueled by massive fiscal stimulus, could propel the U.S. economy on an unsustainable upward trajectory,

There were a lot of economists at the Fed who thought not tightening back then was very dangerous. The great accomplishment of the Greenspan Fed was recognizing that productivity growth would allow the economy to grow at a faster rate.

suggests that the economy has been remarkably resilient and apt to remain on a solid track.

In the five years since the end of the Great Recession, the economy has made considerable progress in recovering from the largest and most sustained loss of employment in the United States since the Great Depression.