There can be no successful economic development without economic growth, ... There have never been greater technological opportunities to promote convergence than there are today.

In Europe, the stronger growth and reductions in unemployment are now arriving, ... But for better performance to endure, Europe will require substantial structural reforms.

We are inheriting the worst financial system since the Depression. We're inheriting a situation - when people go back and study major banking crises a quarter century from now, the one that America developed in 2007 and 2008 is going to be one of those crises.

I promise you that there are a lot of people involved in various kinds of retail activities who think they have a crucial role in the economy, and they're right.

It certainly was difficult to sell NAFTA because it's always difficult to sell open markets.

I think the G7 statement speaks for itself and I don't want to add to what it says, ... I don't want to go beyond the language in the communiqué.