Alan Greenspan, who as Federal Reserve chairman for more than 18 years presided over the longest U.S. economic expansion then on record and won acclaim as the “Maestro” of American prosperity—only to share the blame for the crisis that followed
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan has died at the age of 100.
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Contents: Fed Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen says ‘no financial crisis in our lifetimes’; Examining the stock market bubble; Remembering Alan Greenspan as Fed Chairman; Remembering Ben Bernanke as Fed Chairman
The latest CNN poll shows Donald Trump beating Hillary Clinton, 44:39. For Republicans, that’s good news. Of course, other polls show other results—some even have Hillary ahead.
Although former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said the UK referendum to leave the EU was a “terrible mistake” that led to a “terrible outcome in all respects,” he now expects “Brexit” will cause an inevitable return to the “gold standard.”
Gary Kaltbaum, president of Kaltbaum Capital Management and a Fox News contributor, appeared on Breitbart News Saturday to discuss the state of the economy. He advised against buying into the media spin that recent economic news has been good for the Obama legacy.
Contents: ‘The Big Short’ today versus ‘The Three-Penny Opera’ in pre-Hitler Germany; Reader comments on ‘The Big Short’ and the financial crisis; Readers’ personal experiences with the financial crisis; A parent of Generation-Xers describes his experiences; Alan Greenspan recognized the bubble in 2005, but won’t admit it
Over the weekend, former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan predicted that Greece will end up leaving the eurozone and that the euro will not long survive its departure.
In an interview with Bloomberg earlier this week, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan commented on oil prices and the functionality of the OPEC cartel. Partial transcript as follows: GREENSPAN: OPEC is no longer the modular producer, and as far
