Alan Greenspan
Greenspan may face rougher ride from critic
US - Following the decision by James Jeffords, the Vermont senator, to quit the Republican party and hand control of the Senate to the Democrats, Paul Sarbanes, one of Mr Greenspan's biggest critics, assumes the chairmanship of the important Senate…
Speech by Fed chairman Alan Greenspan
SPEECH - Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan gave a speech on 24 May at the Economic Club of New York. In it he assesses the US economy's recent performance and speculates on the future.
Fed cuts rates by half a point
US - As was expected the US central bank the Federal Reserve has cut interest rates for the fifth time this year by 0.5%.
New data poses US rate cut dilemma
US - For the fourth time this year the US central bank, the Federal Reserve, has to decide by just how much it will cut interest rates.
Fed expected to make another US rate cut
US - The Federal Reserve is expected to make another anti-recession move on 15 May with an interest rate cut - to try to boost the ailing U.S. economy.
Supereconomies face clashes
EUROPE - Central bank politics is assuming an intriguing role in attempted reversal of the slowdown of the US economy and spreading effects on other parts of the world.
US economy stronger than expected
UNITED STATES - The US economy has grown by 2% during the first three months of 2001 - twice as fast as analysts had predicted.
Greenspan's hero image 'is a liability'
UNITED STATES - The Financial Times on Apr 10 reports that Alan Greenspan's heroic image poses a liability for markets. The article is based on a report by UK economist Marcus Miller which was presented at the Royal Economic Society's annual conference…
Financial education should begin early-Greenspan
UNITED STATES - Consumers should become familiar with the basics of personal finance at a relatively young age, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Apr 6 in remarks that did not touch on the U.S. economy or monetary policy.
How Greenspan measures the e-economy
SPEECH - speaking on March 27 Fed chairman, Alan Greenspan revealed some of the Fed techniques for modelling and measuring the hi-tech sectors of the US economy
US economists quarrel with Fed rate stance-NABE
UNITED STATES - A survey of the Federal Reserve's policies over the past six months showed that a growing number of US economists fear the central bank has not cut interest rate cuts enough.
Fed disappoints markets with 50 bp rate cut
The US Federal Reserve cut interest rates on Mar 20, 2001 by half a percentage point to 5.0%, continuing its aggressive effort to resuscitate the faltering economy but disappointing investors who had hoped for more.
Performance of US econ since Oct 1987 crash-Levy
ARTICLE - "An Economic Assessment: Contained Depression or the Foothills of Recovery? U.S. and Global Finance Prospects; The Performance of the Economy Since the October 1987 Crash" by Robert Barbera and David A. Levy. The authors argues over the causes…
Greenspan to appear at Al Gore's journalist class
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is scheduled to appear before Columbia University journalism students on Mar 21, 2001 as a part of former vice president Al Gore's journalist course on covering national affairs.
Banking supervision-Alan Greenspan speech
Alan Greenspan said on Mar 7 it was not surprising that a weaker economy was making bankers wary about lending, but he urged them not to go overboard. "Lenders and their supervisors should be mindful that in their zeal to make up for past excesses they…
US rebound likely later this year-McDonough,Moskow
William McDonough and Michael Moskow, in separate speeches on separate continents, said on Mar 8 that a rebound was likely later in 2001.
Greenspan celebrating 75th birthday on March 6
Alan Greenspan, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, celebrates his 75th birthday on Mar 6, 2001, having served thirteen and a half years at the top of the US central bank.
Fed governor Roger Ferguson reappointed until 2014
Roger Ferguson, the Federal Reserve vice-chair whose future has been put on ice by Capitol Hill Republicans since 1999, received a major vote of confidence from the Bush administration on Mar 5, 2001.
US 'debt free' by 2030 - Alan Greenspan
Testifying on Mar 2, 2001 before the Committee on the Budget of the US House of Representatives, Fed chairman, Alan Greenspan, outlined the implications of the US goverment's extraordinaryly healthy fiscal position.
Greenspan testimony-unsure about consumer optimism
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan offered a gloomier assessment of the U.S. economic outlook when he testified to the House Financial Services Committee on Feb 28, 2001, suggesting he no longer is sure that consumer confidence is strong enough to…
Fed executive picked for position with US Treasury
In a widely expected move, Peter Fisher, the executive vice president in charge of markets for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, has been appointed as the Domestic Finance Official at the US Treasury.
'Suing the BIS'- by William Hall
William Hall of the Financial Times reports on the difficulties the Bank for International Settlements has got into as it struggles to counter the accusation that the price it has offered to buy back its shares from the private sector is "absurdly low".
O'Neill signals hands-off stance on world economy
Paul O'Neill, the U.S. Treasury secretary, on Feb 14, 2001 indicated the new Bush administration would take a strongly skeptical view of official intervention in global markets to help stabilize the world economy, the Financial Times reported in its Feb…
Greenspan-Fed may expand debt types in portfolio
The Federal Reserve continues to explore its options for implementing monetary policy as the stock of its preferred instrument, U.S. Treasury debt, declines, Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Feb 13, 2001. Two of the options on the table include debt…