Famous Quotes & Sayings

The departing chairman will have done much of the hard work of tightening before the appointment of the new chairman.

Tamar Jacoby

The debate will be intense and emotional and the senators to watch are the Republican reformers, especially Chairman Specter.

Robert Hormats

We are massively reliant on foreign capital. One of the jobs of the next Fed chairman will be to keep investors confident in the economy.

These comments don't sound like the Chairman Kalikow I know. We can only conclude that this is from the governor of New York to the people of New York City from his fund-raiser in New Hampshire.

Robert Parry

After the chairman, at least in my opinion, Don has had a greater impact on the Fed's monetary policy process than any other single person, ... He was very close to the chairman, and they discussed issues frequently. He and this chairman were really a team.

A new Fed chairman is an unknown and as such offers nervous investors an excuse to sell.

Telemundo is actually a distant number two to Univision and really therein lies the opportunity. Telemundo is a growth platform for NBC and that's what (GE Chairman and CEO) Jeff Immelt and GE are all about now, creating growth platforms for the future.

Right now, the transparency we had with (former Chairman Alan) Greenspan is gone. We're trying to get some semblance of which way the Fed is going to go.

Sam wants the job whenever Sven leaves - and the Bolton chairman (Phil Gartside)knows it.

Sam wants the job whenever Sven leaves - and the Bolton chairman knows it.

Chuck Hagel

And you just don't go around doing the things that he's done and saying the things that he said and thinking that the Senate or the chairman with the jurisdiction of his confirmation is going to open up a hearing automatically. So he has to do some work himself and that work should be done directly with Chairman Helms,

There seems to be a growing perception that (Fed Chairman Alan) Greenspan is engineering what has historically been so elusive on Wall Street. And that's a soft landing, which is generally good for stocks.

It's not unusual when a new chairman comes for there to be a number of vacancies at the top.

Karl Rove

This is not as susceptible to confusion as Chairman Daley indicated.

Brian Kennedy

This document was intended to illustrate not just for leadership but for members of the House that the chairman feels we have no choice but to open (the refuge),

David Jones

It is understandable that a new Fed chairman would want to prove his inflation-fighting mettle right away, but I think there is a danger that housing is more vulnerable than people realize.

Everyone's waiting for Wednesday, for (Federal Reserve Chairman Alan) Greenspan to make a decision,

Every Fed chairman has been greeted with a trial by fire.

James Kennedy

As the chairman knows full well, we will be providing our response on Friday, so I'm not sure what the point of his letter is.

James Kennedy

As the chairman knows full well, we will be providing our response by Friday, so I'm not sure what the point of his letter is.

As I stated last week to the Chairman (Henry) I will repeat again, Do not take my vote for granted!'

Haley Barbour

Before I was chairman they were generous donors, and they were while I was chairman.

Each Fed Chairman has to go through his own, on-the-job, trial by fire. There is no other way.

(Fed Chairman Alan) Greenspan thinks consumer confidence is important, and if he thinks so I guess we should think so,

Elliott Abrams

Fatah is a political party and movement, whose chairman is Mahmoud Abbas.

As long as you have the chairman (title) and you're the CEO, you're still in charge of the organization, ... I'll do that for the next year and a half and then when I go to emeritus (status), John gets the president title.

The view in many markets is that we didn't hear too much new from Chairman Greenspan and there wasn't going to be any serious change in the investment environment in the near term.

I've spoken to the chairman (Rupert Lowe) about it and Theo is going nowhere.

I speak to the chairman all the time because he's close to the team,

Eduardo Ermita

I should know about this because I am the chairman of the policy group. But I had no knowledge of that until this report, ... We?re talking every week. We meet every week but we did not have any information about such negotiations.

It would have been useful to have had a nomination of a successor prior to Jackson Hole because, in a way, Jackson Hole is a farewell to Chairman Greenspan.

David Davis

Clearly it is an embarrassment that the party rank and file turned down a proposal from the leadership of the rank and file - from the chairman - but that's by the by, we have to deal with that.

Being Fed chairman only increases his value that much more.