Gordon Brown Quotes

Moreover, for decades we have been prone to far greater swings in the economic cycle than our continental counterparts. It has been boom and bust....Under this Government, there is an entirely new framework for economic management in place.

There is a much cheaper way, less complicated way to bring Iraq and Saddam Hussein to its knees: it is simply to send the Bush economic team over there and let them run the country.

There is one policy for recession or depression and another for good times.

Gordon Brown promised to abolish boom and bust. He has kept half his promise.

Right now we have an economy in trouble, and someone who spent their career in the economy is more suited to help fix the economy than someone who spent his life in politics and as a community organizer.

But let's not assume that trade is the only challenge we have in the economy. I think it is a part of it, and I've said what I'm going to do.

Labour economic stability has replaced Tory boom and bust

I have spoken about deficits, and I think deficits are important because they address broad economic and financial stability. We need to talk about that.

I was criticized at some level within the Republican Party by those who say government should not be in the economic development business at all. My response is that the only country I know that doesn't have an economic development plan is Papa New Guinea.

The realities of the modern global economy require government to play a substantial role in ensuring the national and economic security of the people.

It's not trickle down economics. The problem that the president has is that he's rudderless on the economy. I mean, he doesn't quite know what to do. It's a wake-up on Monday and try to figure it out. It takes time to turn a supertanker, so you need to know where you need to go.

The presidency of the Euro group is an interesting and important task.

It is vital that we get these policies right as we take forward our plans to drive down the deficit and transform our economy.

There is no left or right in economic management today.

Growth is good for this society as long as it doesn't pass the point of tripping off inflation.

The economy cannot be run in an institutional, juridical, or political vacuum: the state has its role to play, guaranteeing personal freedom, a stable currency, and efficient public services

Our international trade relations, though vastly important, are in point of time and necessity, secondary to the establishment of a sound national economy. I favor as a practical policy the putting of first things first.

If by carelessness in controlling inflation and imposing controls on our general economy we are unable to meet these temporary but vital calls upon us, we will be courting real disaster.

The IMF acts on the mandate of the international community.

The few emerging economies that have avoided booms and busts have done so by adhering to sound policy frameworks.

Beijing is trying to split the baby between simultaneously liberalizing the economy and maintaining economic stability, but those two factors are increasingly mutually exclusive.

Exchange-rate stability is extremely important.

We are a big economy, and we must, therefore, show that we can manage it, but not only manage it, but that can transform it so that this economy works for all of our people so that everyone feels that they have a stake in this economy.

The country needs fiscal discipline to build a strong economy and for social justice.

Putting in place the building blocks for the future of our economy is common sense.