Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ben Bernanke

The Federal Reserve has never suffered any losses in the course of its normal lending to banks and, now, to primary dealers.

The presence of foreign banks in Italy must not be seen to be an invasion, but a state of mutual enrichment.

The problem is whereas there are thousands of people working on the prop desks of investment banks in equities and bonds, you're talking about a very small fraction of the people doing that in commodities.

Those banks involved in the speculation will suffer by paying a high interest rate to get the Hong Kong dollar funding to settle the deals.

Those banks have done quite well. Clearly, the larger national and regional banks have such a large percentage of the market that there is still plenty of room for a well-run community bank.

Ben Bernanke

Banks will have to win the confidence of their customers through fair dealing, making good loans, and remaining financially healthy.

Major central banks in the world have talked about hiking rates, so if the Bank of Canada signals they are coming to the end of rate increases, it may push investors to sell the Canadian dollar further.

Many of our banks have lent money to Brazil, and some of those loans may not look so good today after the devaluation as they did before. so banks will be hurt, or some banks will be hurt and the stockholders in those banks will be hurt.

Many banks struggle to deal with customers. Customers often end up feeling trapped in a technology maze, where they have to press this button or that button on their phones, and can't find their way out.

Shares of banks in emerging markets have a much larger growth potential than banks in developed Europe.

Several Islamic banks are keen on opening branches in our country.

She talks about not taking money from contractors, (but) she's taken $600,000 from the banks she does business with. And she changed the policy. Prior to her becoming treasurer, the policy was no money from banks.

When trying to get a new business or property started up, I find that local banks are much better at seeing the vision you have laid out for the business or property because the investment is in their backyard. They tend to share that vision.

When there's considerable uncertainty in the market, like there is now, banks lead the decline.

The contents of the massive banks behind these successive revetments makes it quite clear that the material was derived from the incorporation of earlier occupation levels.

Sylvia Mathews Burwell

Banks can't recoup the costs of serving customers who save in small amounts and transact frequently.

Marcy Kaptur

The economy may be complex, but Americans understand that the Wall Street banks control an outsized portion of the economy and that they have an outsized interest in their own profits.

People would start to worry about growth, and given the fact that the market is already looking for the Fed to end its rate increases this could be a dollar negative. No one would expect central banks to be raising rates in an environment where energy costs are going up sharply.

Nobody knew what to expect with these new banks coming in.

New banks are being formed in places where there haven't been any in years,

Nevertheless, many business firms indicated to the District Banks that they expect high prices for energy and construction materials to persist,

I am quite sure that in 100 years there will be much fewer currencies and central banks in the world.

Central banks rarely intervene unilaterally, and when they do, it's a sign of weakness.

Central banks continue to be guided by macroeconomic models that relate to an economy that no longer exists.

Central banks around the world are on the horns of the dilemma of experiencing weak growth and rising inflation, which have contradictory implications for rates.

Central banks are raising interest rates, and that's risky for stocks. Expectations for earnings growth are too high.

Capital levels are extremely high. Banks will be in good shape.

But that cycle is over. The banks are going to get squeezed.

Business conditions at the banks will not be swayed by the latent loss.

Bundled services platforms enable banks to strengthen their roles as lenders and create a sophisticated home equity lending environment. Home equity loans and lines of credit continue to rise in popularity, and so does the need and demand for more efficient methods in delivering these loans to borrowers. The significant increase in our platform numbers since the beginning of the year is a reflection of the industry embracing home equity as a strategic business move, as well as the implementation of innovative technology solutions.

Chinese banks may want to buy yen and see if they can get a good return on shares in Japan.

No one here on the Outer Banks has seen a land-falling Category 3 storm that I know of. This is not just another storm.

Multinational/trust banks will probably broadly deliver on Wall Street estimates. However, we expect the quality of earnings to be poor as securities gains and other unusual items will commonly be used to offset weak trading results.