Public evidence record
Published podcast speaker
Claim ledger
6 transcript-backed records
01 / evaluation
“I learned that there’s a lot that I didn’t know, number one. And in reinforcing that — and it sounds trite, but just reinforcing this point on humility and where that is valuable.”
02 / evaluation
“I will say — and I’ve mentioned it in the book — that it was the discussion in Riyadh in February [2020] on COVID which was one time that you saw everyone’s head snap up from their iPads and pay attention, because it was the moment the pin dropped for the vast majority that we were in big trouble.”
03 / evaluation
“The reason the liquidity trap has not existed particularly in the United States, and UK as well, has been because financial conditions have been easier than they otherwise would be because of asset purchases and other measures that have been put in place.”
04 / evaluation
“I think particularly for the higher levels of central banking, where you’re trying to combine analytic rigor and synthesizing that into an ability to communicate, which is often the toughest thing.”
05 / evaluation
“I would say — I said that was going to be the last point; I’ll make one other — that we have 90 central banks from around the world that cover 85 percent of global GDP, which is part of the central bank group, self-selected into that group that is looking at these risks and how to make sure the system is resilient, because to loop back to something else we were talking about earlier, we need to plan for failure.”
06 / evaluation
“Just as, if you recall, the SIVs in 2008 collapsed back on the balance sheets of major institutions like Citibank, for example, and Merrill Lynch, and all of a sudden balance sheets that looked relatively healthy looked awful because they’re substantially higher-risk assets.”