Henry Paulson
Henry Paulson
Henry "Hank" Merritt Paulson, Jr.is an American banker who served as the 74th Secretary of the Treasury. He had served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs, and is now a fellow at the Harris School of Public Policy Studies and the chairman of the Paulson Institute at the University of Chicago, which he founded in 2011 to promote sustainable economic growth and a cleaner environment around the world, with an initial focus on the United States...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth28 March 1946
CityPalm Beach, FL
CountryUnited States of America
The most pressing and significant problems in the global economy are unsustainable structural issues with regard to the E.U. - fiscal deficits and the structure of the E.U. itself.
The worst is likely to be behind us
Payment systems are critically important for overall market stability. On a typical business day, U.S. payment and settlement systems settle transactions valued at over $13 trillion.
U.S. exports to China have more than quintupled since China entered the WTO and have grown more quickly than imports. In fact, China is America's fastest-growing export market.
I see the underlying economy as being very healthy,
I think all governments engage in intelligence gathering vis-a-vis other governments.
I'm a straightforward person. I like to be direct with people.
I have relied on prayer for health care all of my life.
Economic growth and environmental protection are not at odds. They're opposite sides of the same coin if you're looking at longer-term prosperity.
China saves too much, produces too much, sells too much to Americans and consumes too little.
As a Christian Scientist, I don't go to doctors and get diagnoses.
I never once considered that it was appropriate to put taxpayer money on the line in resolving Lehman Brothers.
It's a safe banking system, a sound banking system. Our regulators are on top of it. This is a very manageable situation.
Our overriding goal in restructuring our financial architecture should be that taxpayers never again have to save a failing financial institution.