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“I simply do not know where the money is, or why the accounts have not been reconciled to date” Corzine
“We could continue and keep kicking this can down the road, but I think the people of Jefferson County have had enough” Commissioner Joe Knight
“If you open up the Pandora’s box, then who is willing to invest in sovereign risk?”
Ackermann
"If there isn't a solution by Sunday, everything is going to collapse”
“We can borrow money for 10 years as the government of the United States because people have confidence in this country at less than 2 percent...The responsible path now is to take advantage of the unique position...” Geithner
-- Americans Express Historic Negativity Toward U.S. Government Gallup
SNB: “The SNB will enforce this minimum rate with the utmost determination and is prepared to buy foreign currency in unlimited quantities.”
Hildebrand Statement ~ Central Bank Chief Faces 'Big Gamble' WSJ
“We have a problem in this country with debt” and “if we don’t turn to the long run, we will be dealing with overnight crises for as far as the eye can see.”
Hoenig
“You're safe” Biden
“The United States can pay any debt it has because we can always print money to do that. So there is zero probability of default.” Greenspan
“If I have to buy (Treasurys) at a zero percent yield, I will. I don't like it, but we'll do it.“Buffett
“We can't simply cut our way to prosperity” Obama
"The debt level of the USA is disastrous" Juncker
“The United States may find it hard to resist the policy temptation of weakening the dollar abroad and pushing up inflation at home.”
Guan Tao of SAFE
“There is definitely going to be another financial crisis around the corner because we haven’t solved any of the things that caused the previous crisis”
Mobius
"The crisis is not over yet. It has just changed its skin”
Secretary general Angel Gurria
~ OECD
"One must recognise the realities. (The interest payments) are breaking Greece."
Clemens Fuest
“Our negative outlook on our rating on the U.S. sovereign signals that we believe there is at least a one-in-three likelihood that we could lower our
long-term rating on the U.S. within two years”
S&P
“...we support the reform and improvement of the international monetary system, with a broad-based international reserve currency system providing stability and certainty.”
BRICS’ Sanya Declaration
“If you ask me if the U.S. dollar is going to hold its purchasing power fully at the level of 2011, 5 years, 10 years or 20 years from now, I would tell you it will not.” Buffett
“You will always have institutions that are too big to fail, and sometimes they will fail” Buffett
“As tensions between countries increase, we could see rising protectionism—of trade and of finance. And as tensions within countries increase, we could see rising social and political instability within nations—even war.”
Dominique Strauss-Kahn
“You know money is gradually becoming not worth the paper it’s printed on”
China Investment Head Gao
“Our policies have contributed to a stronger stock market just as they did in March 2009 when we did the first iteration of this program” Bernanke
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