他引导美国经济穿越互联网枯荣循环，谨慎地渡过2001年9月11日恐怖袭击带来的潜在增长威胁，在任期间GDP和生产率增长迅猛。
He had steered the US economy through the dot-com boom and bust, had carefully navigated the potential threat to growth from the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, and presided over a period of rapid GDP and productivity growth.