Alan Greenspan
Hayami says Greenspan against inflation targeting
JAPAN - Bank of Japan Governor Masaru Hayami said on Thursday U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan had told him the U.S. central bank chief was opposed to the idea of setting an inflation target for central banks.
Testimony of the Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan
TESTIMONY - Testimony of Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan, before the Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress, 17 October.
Greenspan upbeat on economy
US - Prospects for the future of the US economy have been "scarcely diminished" by the 11 September attacks, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan has said.
Speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan
SPEECH - Remarks by Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Economic Policy Conference, St. Louis, Missouri (via videoconference), 11 October.
Growing Greenspan role worries some
US - Alan Greenspan has been everywhere in guiding economic policy in the wake of the terrorist attacks - slashing interest rates, helping to get Wall Street running again, shaping the tax cuts being developed by Congress and evaluating which airlines…
Fed chairman Greenspan to testify to Congress
US - US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan will testify before the congressional Joint Economic Committee on Wednesday 17 October.
Greenspan to meet with Senate panel
US - Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan plans to hold a closed-door meeting Tuesday 25 September.
Testimony of Chairman Alan Greenspan
SPEECH - Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan testified before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate, 20 September.
Greenspan returns to Switzerland as plane diverted
SWITZERLAND - U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has returned to Switzerland after the airplane on which he was traveling turned back from a flight to the U.S., a spokesman for the Basel city police said Tuesday.
Opening remarks at the Bank of Kansas symposium
SPEECH - Remarks by Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan at a symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 31 August.
Fed chairman talks of limits to his powers
US - Greenspan says stock market swings, home price fluctuations are making consumer behaviour less predictable.
Power of monetary policy is greatly exaggerated
ARTICLE - Greenspan's 10-year honeymoon is over - By Jack Carr, National Post, 1 August 2001.
Is Greenspan growing tired of his task?
ARTICLE - Alan Greenspan has always been as good a politician as he is a central banker. The Federal Reserve chairman is the master of the non-answer-answer to a hostile question and he does it with remarkable grace. Last week's appearance on Capitol…
Greenspan says monetary policy still works
US - Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said today, 24 July, that changes in monetary policy are still able to boost the economy, even as the U.S. economy has continued to drag after a series of Fed rate cuts.
Testimony of Chairman Alan Greenspan
SPEECH - Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, has given testimony today, 18 July, before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives. His testimony is the Federal Reserve Board's semiannual monetary policy report…
Beware of Dr. Green and Mr. Span
US - Some pretty smart people are warning about the danger of playing with interest rates, comparing the nation's central bankers to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Call these critics the Alan Greenspan bashers, writes the Economist magazine 5 July.
Alan Greenspan on energy prices and the economy
SPEECH - Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan gave a speech before the Economic Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois on 28 June titled Impact of energy on the economy.
Alan Greenspan on the value of public outreach
SPEECH - Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan gave a speech at the dedication of the Visitors Center at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois on 28 June titled The value of public outreach by the Federal Reserve.
Comment on the Fed's rate cut decision
UK - The Financial Times in London, 28 June, has published a comment on the US Federal Reserve Board's decision to cut it's key interest rate measure by 0.25 percent.
Fed set for fresh rate cut - but by how much?
US - The US central bank, the Federal Reserve, will announce today, 27 June, whether it has decided to cut interest rates further to boost the flagging American economy.
History of recessions contradicts Greenspan
ARTICLE - David Leonhardt, writing in the New York Times, says that Federal Reserve Board Governor, Alan Greenspan, is wrong to be optimistic about the prospects for the US economy.
Condition of the U.S. banking system
US - Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan testified before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs at the U.S. Senate on 20 June.
Greenspan may face rougher ride from critic
US - Following the decision by James Jeffords, the Vermont senator, to quit the Republican party and hand control of the Senate to the Democrats, Paul Sarbanes, one of Mr Greenspan's biggest critics, assumes the chairmanship of the important Senate…
Speech by Fed chairman Alan Greenspan
SPEECH - Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan gave a speech on 24 May at the Economic Club of New York. In it he assesses the US economy's recent performance and speculates on the future.