Ben Bernanke Optimistic Quotations

But again, I remain optimistic that the impact on energy from these two events will be limited.

I'm... fairly optimistic today about the ability of the U.S. economy to absorb these body blows.

A very important factor is the fact that inflation expectations are well-controlled and well-contained, which means that the Federal Reserve, unlike the 70s, doesn't have to react violently in terms of raising interest rates to contain the second- and third-round inflationary impacts. So I remain pretty optimistic about the economy,