Lawrence Summers
Lawrence Summers
Lawrence Henry "Larry" Summersis an American economist who is President Emeritus and Charles W. Eliot University Professor of Harvard University...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth30 November 1954
CountryUnited States of America
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Now is the time for us to strike. We must strengthen our foothold in Asia, to ensure no nation overtakes us.
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We are considering naming chairs after distinguished Indians. The research center will look at a broad canvas of research on all aspects of India.
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We afford ourselves the best chance of maintaining stability in the highly complex Pacific region by inviting China into the global system rather than keeping it out,
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We discussed developments in our exchange and financial markets, ... In this context, we emphasized our view that exchange rates among major currencies should reflect economic fundamentals. We will continue to monitor developments in exchange markets and cooperate as appropriate.
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We want to be candid about the need for them to reform their banking system and do more on trade and the like, but the guy (Hashimoto) is also under a lot of pressure right now.
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As Secretary Rubin and I have both said many times, a strong dollar is very much in America's national interest,
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As long as we keep our fundamentals strong...the dollar (and) U.S. borrowing costs will do just fine.
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