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The crisis in Europe has affected the U.S. economy by acting as a drag on our exports, weighing on business and consumer confidence, and pressuring U.S. financial markets and institutions. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

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It is vital for officials and regulators to have input from people within our businesses who understand the intricacies of how financial markets operate and the consequences of certain policy decisions. ↗

— Jamie Dimon

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A second reason why science cannot replace judgement is the behavior of financial markets. ↗

— Martin Feldstein

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And finally, no matter how good the science gets, there are problems that inevitably depend on judgement, on art, on a feel for financial markets. ↗

— Martin Feldstein

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As financial markets continue to broaden and deepen, the behavior of asset prices will play an important role in the formulation of monetary policy going forward, perhaps a more important role than in the past. ↗

— Timothy Geithner

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The principal linkages between Japan and the U.S. global economies are trade, financial markets, and commodity markets. ↗

— Mark Zandi

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Trillions of dollars every day are being exchanged around the world in all of the financial markets. ↗

— Kenneth Lay

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The financial markets generally are unpredictable. So that one has to have different scenarios... The idea that you can actually predict what's going to happen contradicts my way of looking at the market. ↗

— George Soros

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Developments in financial markets can have broad economic effects felt by many outside the markets. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

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Well, the U.S., of course, is the world's largest economy. It's about a quarter of the world's output. It's also home to many of the largest financial institutions and financial markets. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

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