Topic: Alan Greenspan

Greenspan's Faith in Markets

Economist's View - 23 days ago
Antonio Fatás:. . A matter of faith (in markets), by Antonio Fatás: Alan Greenspan contributed yesterday to the Financial Times debate about...

Greenspan, Bernanke, and How to Avoid Making Bad Forecasts

Motley Fool - 23 days ago
In March 2006, Federal Reserve economist David Stockton warned a group of colleagues about the possibility that the housing market was dangerously...

In praise of pessimists

Economist - 23 days ago
Tweet . . . BARELY a week goes by without a report on the level of confidence among consumers, businesspeople and investors. Optimism is what's...

Lesson of Great Recession is too hard to accept

Japan Times - 23 days ago
The recent release of the 2006 transcripts of the Federal Reserve's main policymaking body stimulated a small media frenzy: "Little Alarm Shown at...

Bernanke opening the door to the Fed a bit wider

ABC 6 Austin (KAAL) - 24 days ago
What's next _ cameras in the Federal Reserve's meetings?. . Don't count on it.. . But it's anyone's guess how far the Fed will go in its mission to ...

Federal Reserve Officials Foresaw, Joked About Housing Bubble in 2006

PBS.org - 24 days ago
RAY SUAREZ: As the economy climbs back from one of the country's deepest recessions, it's now clear that a dragging housing market remains a...

Did you hear the one about the Fed?

Philadelphia Inquirer - 25 days ago
There's nothing funny about the real estate downturn.. . Nor is there anything particularly humorous about the apparent inability of the Fed Open...

Forecasters Forecasting Forecasts

WSJ.com: Economics Blog - 25 days ago
Lots of Fed watchers on Wall Street in the past few days have been putting out forecasts of what they think the central bank will forecast...

David Frum: Republicans box themselves in over debt deal

Full Comment - 226 days ago
The greatest obstacle to a U.S. budget deal in 2011 is the Republican trauma from the budget deal of 1990.. . In 1990, President George H.W. Bush...

Tax cuts don't pay for themselves

Don't Mess With Taxes - 243 days ago
Here's a fun way to wrap up a Monday, getting everyone fighting about, finessing figures, debating discussing tax cuts.Visit msnbc.com for breaking...