We are in the midst of a once-in-a-century credit tsunami. Central banks and governments are being required to take unprecedented measures.
ALAN GREENSPANI have long argued that paying down the national debt is beneficial for the economy.
More Alan Greenspan Quotes
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I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil.
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I made a mistake in presuming that the self-interests of organisations, specifically banks and others, were such that they were best capable of protecting their own shareholders and their equity in the firms.
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In an economy that already has lost some momentum, one must remain alert to the possibility that greater caution and weakening asset values in financial markets could signal or precipitate an excessive softening in household and business spending.
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We cannot rule out a situation in which a preemptive policy tightening becomes necessary.
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When trust is lost, a nation’s ability to transact business is palpably undermined.
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If we are to remain preeminent in transforming knowledge into economic value, America’s system of higher education must remain the world’s leader in generating scientific and technological breakthrough, and in meeting the challenge to educate workers.
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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.
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If all currencies are moving up or down together, the question is: relative to what? Gold is the canary in the coal mine.
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Then fear hits, and it comes down very sharply. When I started to look at that.
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Senator, if I seem clear to you, you must have misunderstood me’.
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And the percentage changes in wage rates would be the same for all job grades.
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Productivity is notoriously difficult to predict.
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And she always has so much fun doing it. We make a good team.
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It seems superfluous to constrain trading in some of the newer derivatives and other innovative financial contracts of the past decade.
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The number of mistakes I have made are just awesome. There is no number large enough to account for that.
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