I cannot conceive of a politically feasible solution to this problem which will overdo cutting the deficit, where overdoing means harming the economy. It might be technically possible, but it is not realistic.
ALAN GREENSPANSome succeed for a time. But while there may occasionally be mis-configurations among market prices that allow abnormal returns, they do not persist.
More Alan Greenspan Quotes
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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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I don’t know where the stock market is going, but I will say this, that if it continues higher, this will do more to stimulate the economy than anything we’ve been talking about today or anything anybody else was talking about.
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While local economies may experience significant price imbalances, a national severe price distortion seems most unlikely in the United States, given its size and diversity.
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Given our inevitably incomplete knowledge about key structural aspects of our ever-changing economy and the sometimes asymmetric costs or benefits of particular outcomes, a central bank.
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These days, even out of office, I still read economic reports.
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Corruption, embezzlement, fraud, these are all characteristics which exist everywhere.
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Need to consider not only the most likely future path for the economy but also the distribution of possible outcomes about that path.
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How do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values?
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I’m not denying that monopolies are terrible things, but I am denying that it is readily easy to resolve them through legislation of that nature.
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By far the most significant event in finance during the past decade has been the extraordinary development and expansion of financial derivatives.
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It keeps interest rates lower than they otherwise would be and frees savings to finance increases in the capital stock, thereby boosting productivity and real incomes.
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The tub helps me relax, and it’s a great place to read.
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Derivatives have permitted the unbundling of financial risks.
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The companies could hire the educated workers they need. And those workers would compete with high-income people, driving more income equality.
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I have one other issue I’d like to throw on the table. I hesitate to do it, but let me tell you some of the issues that are involved here.
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