Quotes by Gary Stern

“I think the economic outlook is reasonably positive.”

“Im pretty positive about the outlook.”

“At the end of the day, I think the economy really isnt fragile at all.”

“My sense of things is the attention being paid to [the housing market] may be exaggerated.”

“You dont want to just focus so narrowly on housing prices that you think that is going to be determinative of everything you can conceive of.”

“I dont think it would be devastating for economic activity. I think it might, on the margin, inhibit it some.”

“Weve said were more data-driven. Personally I think thats fully appropriate.”

“We have to ... put more emphasis on the incoming data and the anecdotes we get from the business community and other audiences and try to put together a coherent assessment of the economy.”

“I dont want rates to go too far. Obviously you dont want to make a series of bad judgments. I dont think that is the case.”

“At the end of the day, is it really going to matter for an economy of our size?”