Alan Greenspan

Alan Greenspan was once the most powerful banker in the world as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. The Post's Diane Francis spoke to him recently about a host of economic issues  

Bloomberg authors By Steve Matthews and Tom Keene report Greenspan Says U.S. Stocks 'Very Cheap,' Likely to Rise. Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said U.S. stocks offer good value and are likely to rise ...  

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on Tuesday said President Barack Obama should have immediately embraced the 2010 Simpson-Bowles deficit-reduction proposal. “The worst mistake the president made was not embracing that vehicle ...  

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on Tuesday said President Barack Obama should have immediately embraced the 2010 Simpson-Bowles deficit-reduction proposal. "The worst mistake the president made was not ...  

Greenspan's Call Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan ... the biggest reduction in three years. RBA Governor Glenn Stevens and his board cut the overnight cash rate target to a two-year low of 3.75 per cent from 4.25 per cent, the deepest ...  

Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan says President Barack Obama blew it when he effectively rejected the Simpson-Bowles 2010 deficit-reduction proposal. "The worst mistake the president made was not embracing that vehicle right away ...  

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said U.S. stocks offer good value and are likely to rise as corporate earnings increase over time. “Stocks are very ... The Institute for Supply Management’s factory index climbed to 54.8 ...  

Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan says enough with all the attacking of Ben Bernanke. "Anyone has the right to criticize Federal Reserve policy, but it is wholly inappropriate and destructive to engage in ad hominem attacks," Greenspan told The Financial Times, referring to GOP presidential candidates' bashing of his successor, Ben Bernanke. Bernanke has led the Fed since 2006, during the financial crisis, recession and recovery...  

Bloomberg authors By Steve Matthews and Tom Keene report Greenspan Says U.S. Stocks ‘Very Cheap,’ Likely to RiseFormer Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said U.S. stocks offer good value and are likely to rise as corporate earnings increase over time.“Stocks are very cheap,” Greenspan said today at the Bloomberg Washington Summit hosted by Bloomberg Link, citing “a very low price-earnings ratio.” “There is no place for earnings to grow...  

The market has reacted (but not violently) to each piece of news. Adding to the fray are Fed members selling their agenda and Alan Greenspan with some gratuitous drivel (like me).The point-and-figure chart of the NYSE individual stocks flashes a warning. Should we trust Alan Greenspan or our lying eyes?______________________________________The Aggregate risk tool continues to show concerns.______________________________________The VIX has a...  

Alan Greenspan said something about the budget deficit on Tuesday. The reason this is "news" is because it is shocking that Alan Greenspan is still allowed ever to speak publicly about matters of importance, when the national interest would perhaps be ...  

Nobel Laureate Joe Stiglitz, along with co-atuhor Bruce Greenwald, attacked monetary policy and called former Fed chief Alana Greenspan "irrelevant," while BIS deputy chief Claudio Borio noted the current balance sheet would take a long time to go away.  

Alan Greenspan has decried the Republican presidential candidates’ attacks on Ben Bernanke, his successor as chairman of the US Federal Reserve as “wholly inappropriate and destructive,” weighing into the nomination contest as it nears a tipping point.  

Alan Greenspan recounts in Age of Turbulence that after the Berlin Wall fell, former Soviet leaders and economists queried Western leaders and economists about the drivers of prosperity. Greenspan admits there was little consensus from which to ...  

In 2008, the financial world as we know it changed. Many of the principles we were taught were invalidated, it seemed. Save for retirement and live happily ever after was the conventional wisdom. Then the market crashed! In his book The Age of Turbulence, Alan Greenspan discusses the importance of the rule of law in a healthy economy. Dr. Greenspan notes that the vast majority of business transactions go through normally because of trust and...  

Bush blamed Alan Greenspan for costing him the 1992 election by failing ... but then suggested his top two economic advisers - Glenn Hubbard, dean of Columbia University's business school, and Harvard professor Greg Mankiw - would be good candidates.  

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has some words for Republican politicians criticizing his successor Ben Bernanke: Back off. Republican hopefuls Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul have all criticized Bernanke ...