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
Our initial reaction is that we are intrigued by how this merger is going to be positioned and structured; in principle we think it could work as the deal is not simply two companies combining for a lack of something else to do.
With the safeguards we have proposed, ... subsidiaries and affiliates are absolutely identical with respect to the ability of a bank to transfer any subsidy that may exist in the bank.
We always have to be watchful with respect to anything that can affect our system, ... But I don't know of anything in that area that rises to the level of a systemic risk to our economy at this time.
The only role we can play is to continue to very actively work to persuade the Japanese government to face these very difficult issues they have to deal with,
It focuses predominately on middle income tax cuts for education, and for child care and for savings, ... This Week.
I think -- virtual universal agreement -- is that the CPI does not accurately reflect inflation,
I think the administration will have a Treasury secretary who is very established with the business community.
It is important to remember that the fundamentals of the United States economy are strong and have been for the past several years, and the prospects for continued growth, with low inflation and low unemployment, are strong,
I think there is more work to do, and we simply have to all work together and do everything we can to get it done,
It is critically important, not just for Japan, but for the rest of the region and the rest of the world, that that take place.
The answer to that is no, ... I think the strong dollar policy has served us exceedingly well over the past several years and still does.
Larry and I have been true partners through this whole period, and it's been a wonderful, wonderful partnership,
It is probably not a bad thing for somebody doing data entry, for instance, where the boredom and monotony of it takes a toll on performance.
I would say again now that China could be the largest economy in the world within the next few decades -- though accomplishing that will be no easy task.