Robert Rubin
Robert Rubin
Robert Edward Rubinis an American lawyer, former cabinet member, and retired banking executive. He served as the 70th United States Secretary of the Treasury during the Clinton administration. Before his government service, he spent 26 years at Goldman Sachs, eventually serving as a member of the board and co-chairman from 1990 to 1992; Rubin oversaw the loosening of financial industry underwriting guidelines which had been intact since the 1930s. His most prominent post-government role was as director and senior counselor...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth29 August 1938
CityNew York City, NY
As you look around the globe, it seems to me that a lot of the countries hurt by the Asian financial crises have made tremendous progress. On the other hand, in all of those countries there's a lot to do.
The international community has a strong program. ? I think the key, however, is that the program is only as effective as the implementation. And I think that we have been in a very aggressive mode over the course of the last year, and I think that what we need to do is remain in even more aggressive mode as we go forward, so each of us does our part,
They can all come together and begin to feed on each other, in which case you could have a very severe and seriously threatening set of economic impacts that would create an immensely difficult problem for our economy and our political system,
The fundamentals of the United States economy are strong due in part to the sound policies we've been following. The prospects for growth, low unemployment, low inflation continue to be strong.
the financial architecture of the 21 st century, an architecture that is as modern as the markets.
The key is to continue to focus on the challenges that lie ahead, to continue to remain deeply engaged in helping the countries that are in difficulty,
The key is that these are now longstanding problems, and it is going to take a concerted and very substantial effort over a sustained period of time for Japan to get back on track,
The floating exchange rate system is the worst possible system, except for all the others,
the focus will be very largely on Japan and the urgent importance of Japan implementing effective measures to lead to a sustained, domestic, demand-led growth, which is critical not only for the Japanese people but for the people of Asia and, indeed, for recovery in the rest of the world.
The implications of Hurricane Katrina are clearly not positive for the Entergy enterprise, as the company's operations were the hardest hit of any electric utility system,
The important thing is for countries to stay on a sensible economic path as the world works through a very difficult time. What Japan does is very important to the rest of the world,
You've got a lot of proposals that have been advocated by a lot of people,
The introduction provides us with an opportunity to educate cash-handlers and consumers about the importance of authenticating currency, ... These security features are effective only when they are used.
The longer we don't face them, the harder they get,