The hurricanes distorted a very good year.

The longer we don’t face them, the harder they get,

The key is that these are now longstanding problems, and it is going to take a concerted and very substantial effort over a sustained period of time for Japan to get back on track,

These students are an investment in the state’s future. The alternative is to deny them the opportunity to fully participate in our workforce.

I don’t have a distaste for ambiguity, in fact, ambiguity is what I think life is all about,

It focuses predominately on middle income tax cuts for education, and for child care and for savings, … This Week.

I’m sure that this will prove to be a phenomenon that is very complicated, involving tens or hundreds of genes.

We had two objectives from the very beginning: No. 1, to get a strong WTO accession agreement that’s good for the United States, and No. 2, to handle it in such a way as to...

I don’t think we should rule out a change in the CPI if, based on technical analysis, there’s a broad-based agreement that the CPI can be changed in such a way as to better and...

This is a major world event and they have made extraordinary efforts,

We very strongly want to see good financial services modernization legislation passed this year, … The bill that came out of the Senate banking committee does not meet these requisites.

Our initial reaction is that we are intrigued by how this merger is going to be positioned and structured; in principal we think it could work as the deal is not simply two companies combining...

This isn’t a question of rewarding China, … A strong WTO agreement is very good for the United States.

We believe that any bank seeking to conduct new financial activities should be required to achieve and maintain a satisfactory CRA record, … The draft bill fails to include this requirement.

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 think the administration will have a Treasury secretary who is very established with the business community.

It is eminently doable,

The important thing is for countries to stay on a sensible economic path as the world works through a very difficult time. What Japan does is very important to the rest of the world,

This may be the most dramatic, most complicated and most significant economic transformation in modern history.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has estimated that in 1995 Americans spent roughly $300 billion on financial services … Even if increased competition were to lead to savings of just one percent, that’s $3 billion

considerable progress toward a return to stability.

At some point, these kinds of deficits are not viable. The probabilities are extremely high that if we don’t address these imbalances, then at some point, and it could be years down the road, we’ll...

Here at home, … while the most likely scenario remains solid growth and low inflation — subject to the usual ups and downs — certain sectors have been impacted by the crisis, some because of...

In principal, we would not view a combination between the two companies as a bad thing.

I’d really like to help in any way that I can,

The introduction provides us with an opportunity to educate cash-handlers and consumers about the importance of authenticating currency, … These security features are effective only when they are used.

The key is to continue to focus on the challenges that lie ahead, to continue to remain deeply engaged in helping the countries that are in difficulty,

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 very hard to leave, because I feel deeply committed, … to this administration, to the people with whom I’ve worked, to the issues with respect to which so much has been accomplished. But...

These concerns are heightened as we reflect on the financial crisis that has affected so many countries around the world over the past two years,

I’m saying that we have significant concerns about significant portions ? of this, … We need to work with Congress to work our way through that.

All of us as consumers have gotten spoiled, … We expect customized goods and services at commodity prices. The only way we can do that is to cut the fat out of our price structure.

I believe that, on balance, the (institutions) have made sensible judgments, … and have adjusted their judgments when appropriate.

I’m not going to get into the business of market prognostication,

I may have implied that in some sense we have taken intervention off the table. That certainly would not have been a correct implication,

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.

We have felt from the very beginning that since the problems of Mexico in 1995, that what happens in Latin America is profoundly important for the United States,

the financial architecture of the 21 st century, an architecture that is as modern as the markets.

There clearly was a very intense focus on the issue with respect to the current crisis and a deep sense of commitment to do everything sensible to deal with it,

It’s very hard to track money in Russia, … If Russia destabilizes, the cost to the United States is going to be vastly greater.

We do not view 2005 to be a clean operating year, and the positives of beating expectations are offset by guidance moving around.

if it is done right.

Nobody knows the answer to that.

In terms of myself, I said from the very beginning that I wanted to work in the management of Citigroup and I didn’t want to be a CEO, … That’s not what I want to...

I’ve got 11 fly rods and a lot of unread books.

His (Clinton’s) view — and it has been his view since the beginning of this administration — is to respect totally the independence of the Fed,

Fiscal policy is the other ladle in the macroeconomic punch bowl, and consistency in use of the two ladles is powerful, and inconsistency can be injurious,

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,...

The floating exchange rate system is the worst possible system, except for all the others,

A strong currency means that American consumers and businesses can buy imported goods and services more cheaply and that inflation and interest rates will be lower, … It also puts pressure on American industry to...