“In an economy that already has lost some momentum, one must remain alert to the possibility that greater caution and weakening asset values in financial markets could signal or precipitate an excessive softening in household and business spending.” ValuesLostEconomyGreaterPossibilityFinancialSpendingAssetsHouseholdSignalsCautionMomentumWeakeningFinancial Markets Author:Alan Greenspan
“Significant changes in the growth rate of money supply, even small ones, impact the financial markets first. Then, they impact changes in the real economy, usually in six to nine months, but in a range of three to 18 months. Usually in about two years in the US, they correlate with changes in the rate of inflation or deflation." "The leads are long and variable, though the more inflation a society has experienced, history shows, the shorter the time lead will be between a change in money supply growth and the subsequent change in inflation.” YearsFirstsLongTwoRealShowsThreeGrowthEconomyMonthsSixImpactRateInvestingFinancialSignificantNineRangeTwo YearsInflationVariablesNine MonthsFinancial MarketsSignificant ChangeDeflation Author:Milton Friedman
“The crisis in Europe has affected the US economy by acting as a drag on our exports, weighing on business and consumer confidence and pressuring US financial markets and institutions.” ActingEconomyEuropeCrisisInstitutionsFinancialConsumersAffectedDragWeighingFinancial MarketsConsumer Confidence Author:Ben Bernanke
“The world economy is more stable than for a generation ... Our hugely sophisticated financial markets match funds with ideas better than ever before.” WorldIdeasEconomyGenerationsFinancialFundStableSophisticatedFinancial MarketsWorld Economy Author:David Cameron
“The financial markets play an active role in determining what's going to happen, how the economy is going to function.” PlayHappensRolesEconomyFunctionFinancialActiveFinancial Markets Author:George Soros