Alice Rivlin Quotes (12 Quotes)


    It's something we're watching, but not with great concern, ... I think there is room in the world for another major currency and this was one is certainly welcome.

    The most nervous-making point at the moment is Brazil, ... The international economy rallied around Brazil and hopes very much the Brazilians will be able to fulfill their part of the bargain with the IMF (International Monetary Fund) and keep their economy from going under.

    The increase in inequality in income is a longtime trend, but the pressure on middle- and low-income workers is going up rapidly. Especially if they live in an area where there are high housing and gas prices, like California.

    No one's really worried about inflation right now.

    The remarkable thing about the U.S. is that for so long we were so big, and we were not heavily engaged. We have to worry about global financial crises affecting our economy.


    It's a technical, fairly difficult job that has no particular political connotations, so I doubt there are any big campaign contributors dying to be on the Fed. And remember, it doesn't pay very well, certainly by Republican standards.

    Indeed, I hope to spend more time and to be more effectively involved in the city than I have been able to be at the Fed,

    The real need is not for more hospital beds. It's for more primary care and keeping people out of hospital beds and emergency rooms.

    it will be a good long time before there's upward pressure on prices or wages.

    What he's likely to do is to continue writing and speaking, as he has done to some extent at the Fed, and pursuing his interests in economics, which are very intense, ... He loves working with data and thinking of new ideas about the economy. I suspect we will get some of that, and in some ways, he'll be a little bit freer to speak.


    They've been excellent appointments. These people are in the tradition of strong, well-qualified, non-ideological economists.


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