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" And I think the American people look to the leaders to lead. They look to the leaders to take on the big problems. And the president deserves a lot of credit for doing that. "
People
Look
American
" And one of our points of continuing conversation with our trading partners is the urgency of their taking steps to remove barriers to their improved growth performance. "
Performance
Growth
Conversation
" And our big theme has been, you have made so much progress, we urge you on with the openings and market openings that have occurred. They clearly work and continuing on that path will produce further growth and further opportunities for the Indian people. "
Progress
Work
Growth
" And we have abundant natural energy resources in the country. We haven't been taking adequate advantage of them, and we can burn coal in a clean way; we could improve the grid. "
Country
Energy
Way
" But clearly an economy that's growing and expanding like this one - and it certainly is doing that with high GDP output, employment numbers strong, capacity utilization strong - that's an environment in which the Fed needs to continually be alert to early signs of inflation. "
Strong
Doing
Early
" Everybody you talk to about insurance says the insurance market has become a lot more vibrant as a result of lifting, allowing the foreign direct investment. "
Insurance
You
Talk
" I think we'll build a consensus for action on Social Security reform which will reduce that long-term unfunded obligation and put the system on a sustainable basis. "
Action
Think
Will
" Moderation of oil prices would be very, very welcome. But overall I think we are in a position of stable growth, sustainable growth, and basically with inflation in check. "
Oil
Growth
Moderation
" Our view is that economic isolationism is the wrong way to go. Vibrant, successful growing economies that advance the interests of their citizens engage the global economy. And, we're committed to engaging the global economy. "
Wrong
Growing
Successful
" Social Security represents an $11 trillion unfunded obligation. And when I say unfunded obligation, I mean we have to come up with $11 trillion at some point to make the system whole. "
Point
Mean
Up
" Telecom is a dramatic success in India and our view is, respecting the political process, and respecting the fact that these are sovereign decisions, is that, approaching India as a friend. "
Decisions
Friend
Political
" The deficit - the U.S. knows our deficit is too large. We are committed to bringing it down. We are bringing it down. The deficit came in for fiscal year '05 at considerably below where it was the prior year. "
Large
Year
Our
" The global economy is in pretty good shape. "
Pretty
Shape
Economy
" We can get more energy out of the north slope of Alaska; we have available the ability to make ourselves less dependent on those uncertain sources of supply from the Middle East. And it's important we do that. "
More
Important
Ability
" We have a serious structural deficit problem. And it needs to be addressed. The president is trying to address it through reforms of Social Security, but the problem is there with other entitlement programs like Medicare and Medicaid. "
Security
Problem
Trying
" We have the deepest and most liquid capital markets in the world. "
Capital
Most
World
" We have the most flexible and adaptive economy. Making sure we sustain the ability of the American economy to perform well is really the priority of economic policy. "
American
Policy
Flexible
" We have to keep our eye on inflation, but so far inflation remains reasonably in check on the global stage. "
Eye
Check
Far
" Well, I make a practice of not commenting on the role of the relative exchange value of our currency. "
Currency
Practice
Role
" Well, I think the best thing we can do for the short term is move good energy legislation through to the Congress; I'm encouraged that there's some prospect for that now. "
Best
Think
Good
" Well, I think the global economy is in the position for continuing good growth with inflation well in check. "
Economy
Think
Inflation
" Well, there's no doubt about the fact that, that higher energy prices lead to greater conservation, greater energy efficiency, and they also, of course, play a useful role on the supply side. "
Play
Doubt
Efficiency
" Well, the U.S. is running a current account deficit; we are creating lots of investment opportunities in the United States that exceed our own domestic savings rates, so the issue here is to encourage higher savings rates in the United States. "
Investment
Creating
Own
" We must start with the reality that corporations cannot guarantee anyone a lifetime job any more than corporations have a guarantee of immortality. "
Start
Reality
More
" We promote domestic savings by also things like the personal accounts associated with the president's Social Security initiative, which over time would generate more savings. "
Personal
Time
Initiative
" We're focused on doing the things that make the economy perform well, and as you do that, reduce deficits, for one, very important; secondly, keep growth rates high, very important. "
Economy
You
Doing
" You don't fix the problem until you define it. "
Define
Fix
Problem
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