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Quotes by Andrew Brimmer

Andrew Brimmer

“There is no trick to enable the Fed to induce the private sector to want to borrow, ... Thats why the burden now switches to fiscal policy.”

“I look upon that job as a holding operation, ... I dont think Taylor would be happy to spend four years as the No. 3 person in the Treasury Department.”

“I believe history will judge him as one of the strongest and most constructive of the Fed chairs,”

“The fixed terms are there for a purpose, and that is to protect the independence of the appointee, ... I dont think they ought to change the law.”

“I dont think the jobs report will change the Feds plan, which had been set forth rather clearly following its June [policy] meeting,”