Nor can private counterparties restrict supplies of gold, another commodity whose derivatives are often traded over-the-counter, where central banks stand ready to lease gold in increasing quantities should the price rise.
ALAN GREENSPANHistory demonstrates that participants in financial markets are susceptible to waves of optimism.
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Derivatives have permitted the unbundling of financial risks.
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Corruption, embezzlement, fraud, these are all characteristics which exist everywhere.
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History demonstrates that participants in financial markets are susceptible to waves of optimism.
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The need for values is inbred. Their content is not.
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American consumers might benefit if lenders provided greater mortgage product alternatives to the traditional fixed-rate mortgage.
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How do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values?
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We may be in a rapidly evolving international financial system with all the bells and whistles of the so-called new economy. But the old-economy rules of prudence are as formidable as ever. We violate them at our own peril.
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You can’t have the capitalist system if an increasing number of people think it is unjust.
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Excessive optimism sows the seeds of its own reversal.
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We cannot rule out a situation in which a preemptive policy tightening becomes necessary.
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Regulation – which is based on force and fear – undermines the moral base of business dealings. It becomes cheaper to bribe a building inspector than to meet his standards of construction. Protection of the consumer by regulation is thus illusory.
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I’ve always argued that this country has benefited immensely from the fact that we draw people from all over the world.
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Gold still represents the ultimate form of payment in the world.
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If we allow terrorism to undermine our freedom of action, we could reverse at least part of the palpable gains achieved by postwar globalization. It is incumbent upon us not to allow that to happen.
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Improvements in lending practices driven by information technology have enabled lenders to reach out to households with previously unrecognized borrowing capacities.
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