Alan Greenspan
Why Greenspan allowed irrational exuberance
FEATURE - Why Greenspan allowed irrational exuberance - The Federal Reserve's past reluctance to crack down on a runaway bull market raises questions about its remit.
Testimony of Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, 7 Mar
TESTIMONY - Testimony of Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate, 7 March.
Alan Greenspan's stock on the rise
FEATURE - Is Alan Greenspan a monetary genius with unique insight into the US economy? Or is he a central banker with a taste for obscure diction and data who nonetheless follows a simple rule?
Greenspan urges US to save
UK - Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has called savings an important component of the economy and urged a national consensus on balancing savings and risk-taking while preserving productivity.
Greenspan says US economic recovery may be weak
US - Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said the U.S. economic rebound this year is likely to be slightly weaker than Wall Street expects because the recovery may be restrained by a lack of consumer demand, industrial overcapacity and skittish U.S…
Questions for Chairman Greenspan
ARTICLE - By Tom Schlesinger at the Financial Markets Center, Virginia, 20 February.
Minutes from 1996 Fed meetings bear out
US - In the months leading up to Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's famous 1996 warning of investor "irrational exuberance," then-Fed governor Lawrence Lindsey was the central bank's most vociferous internal proponent of the view that the stock…
Poll dares to ask: Who will succeed Greenspan?
FEATURE - A panel of prominent economists this week pondered a question that many Wall Street investors find unthinkable: Who will take the helm of the world's most powerful central bank when Alan Greenspan leaves?
Treasury's Taylor favoured as Greenspan heir
US - US Treasury Undersecretary John Taylor is the top pick to replace Alan Greenspan as chairman of the Federal Reserve among an influential group of economists.
Testimony of Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan
TESTIMONY - In his testimony titled 'Financial literacy' Greenspan said "for an increasingly complex financial system to function effectively, widespread dissemination of timely financial and other relevant information among educated market participants…
Greenspan urges better financial knowledge
US - Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Tuesday that consumers needed to increase their financial knowledge to cope with an increasingly sophisticated marketplace.
Testimony of Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan
SPEECH - In his testimony before the US Senate titled 'The state of the economy' Greenspan said that the US economy seemed finally to be climbing out of recession.
Greenspan: US economy is picking up
US - The US economy seems finally to be climbing out of recession, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said.
Speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan
SPEECH - In the speech 'The history of money' Alan Greenspan praises central bankers' success in containing inflation during the past two decades and raises hopes that fiat money can be managed in a responsible way. This has been the case in the United…
Speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan
SPEECH - In the speech given 11 January 'The Economy' Greenspan said that the economy still faced "significant risks in the near term", even though there are signs of the downturn beginning to bottom out. He also said that despite encouraging signs, it…
Greenspan sees risks in path to recovery
US - In his first speech on the economy in months, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan sounded considerably more cautious about recovery prospects than private forecasters and even fellow Fed policy makers.
Speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan
SPEECH - Remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan at the Ninth Annual Economic Development Summit, The Greenlining Institute, Oakland, California, 10 January 2002.
Greenspan: non-discrimination good for business
US - Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Thursday that discrimination in lending and other aspects of financial life simply makes for bad business.
Speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan
SPEECH - Remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan at George Washington University, the Robert P. Maxon Lecture, Washington, D.C. 3 December.
Speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan
SPEECH - Remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan before the Euro 50 Group Roundtable, Washington, D.C., 30 November.
Greenspan says little doubt euro a sound currency
US - A belief that U.S. productivity, or output per worker, will continue to outstrip Europe's accounts for more robust demand for dollars over euros, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said in a speech on Friday.
Speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan
SPEECH - Remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, 13 November.
Academics: Trust in Greenspan led to stock crash
ARTICLE - Investor confidence in the 'superhuman' ability of Fed chairman Alan Greenspan to shelter the stock market contributed to its over-valuation and eventual crash, economists argued in an academic paper out this week.
Greenspan - Informed consumers make better choices
US - Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan in a speech on Friday stressed the importance of education in helping consumers make better choices in their financial lives.