Zitat des Tages von Steve Mnuchin:
I support the Volcker rule, but there needs to be proper definitions around the Volcker rule so that banks can understand exactly what they can do and what they can't do, and that they can provide the necessary function of liquidity in customer markets.
We want to see huge growth in this economy in small- and medium-sized businesses.
A stronger dollar increases U.S. dollar purchasing power.
I wish the company and its associates all the best as Sears Holdings continues on its transformation.
Trump has a pro-economic-growth tax plan, and we are sensitive to the cost of that plan.
To the extent the dollar gains strength relative to other currencies, assets priced in those other currencies would become cheaper on a dollar basis.
I understand what needs to be done to fix the economy.
One of the big problems we had during the financial crisis was the intermingling of banks and holding companies and complex securities.
I felt great empathy for the thousands of Americans who lost their home because of a system that failed them.
The number one problem with Dodd-Frank is it's way too complicated, and it cuts back lending, so we want to strip back parts of Dodd-Frank that prevent banks from lending, and that will be the number one priority on the regulatory side.
We were the first bank to start a loan modification at IndyMac and had a very good record of working with the regulators.
Taxes are way too complicated, and people spend way too much time worrying about ways to get them lower.
I did not use a Cayman Island entity to avoid paying taxes for myself.
The number one priority is going to be make sure that banks lend.
The IMF and other multilateral institutions do not appear to have prevented nations from manipulating the value of their own currencies.
Let me tell you, one of the most proud aspects of my career was buying Indymac during the financial crisis.
We shouldn't be encouraging people to set up Cayman Island funds.
We want to cut the corporate taxes, which will bring back growth.
In the press, it has been said that I ran a foreclosure machine.
I think the United States is the greatest country in the world to invest in.
We gotta get Fannie and Freddie out of government ownership. It makes no sense that these are owned by the government and have been controlled by the government for as long as they have.
The most troubling loan we had was actually to the 'Octomom'. That was a terrible situation, and we worked very, very hard to move her to another home that they could afford.
I don't support going back to Glass-Steagall as is.
Any reductions we have in upper-income taxes will be offset by less deductions so that there will be no absolute tax cut for the upper class.
I've been focused on the West Coast economy and being a banker and lending in these markets.
I have given to Democrats in the past. I've always believed in supporting the best candidate at the time.
We want to make sure that tax reform doesn't increase the size of the deficit.
I earnestly feel terrible for any mistakes at the bank.
I think that the United States is the greatest country in the world to invest in.
The IndyMac name had a lot of brand recognition - maybe for the wrong reasons, but there was recognition.
My No. 1 priority is growth in the economy. Tax reform will be our first and most important part of that.