Greenspan Urges Look at Senior Benefit Costs
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Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on Friday urged Washington policymakers to consider reducing future Social Security and Medicare benefits, saying that
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TOKYO -- Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan told a Tokyo seminar on Thursday that he does not think economic slowdown in his country is "probable," toning down his earlier warning over a recession later this year.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned Friday that the nation faces &quot;abrupt and painful&quot; choices if policy-makers don&#39;t act soon to head off looming insolvencies in Medicare and Social Security.
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JACKSON HOLE, Wyo  - Rising pressure on U.S.  finances from an aging population make it vital quickly fix the  social safety net with such steps as raising the age for full  retirement benefits, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan  said on Friday.
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FRANKFURT: Investorsâ appetite for US assets will eventually dwindle and the United States must reduce its budget deficit to prevent major economic damage, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has said, in remarks that hit the dollar hard.
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Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said yesterday that there is a "one-third probability" of a U.S. recession this year and that the current economic expansion won't have the staying power of its decade-long predecessor.
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Battle lines are drawn at the  Federal Reserve between those who favor formal inflation goals  and those who don't, and the debate is heating up ahead of the  coming retirement of Chairman Alan Greenspan.
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The Bush administration is advancing a proposal to levy higher premiums and deductibles on upper-income seniors enrolled in Medicare's new prescription drug benefit, raising fees on beneficiaries with incomes over about $80,000 a year, administration officials said yesterday.
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HONG KONG -- Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned Monday that the American economy might slip into recession by year's end.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan yesterday urged policy-makers to consider reducing future Social Security and Medicare benefits, saying the nation probably has promised more to upcoming retirees than the economy realistically can deliver.
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Battle lines are drawn at the Federal Reserve between those who favor formal inflation goals and those who don&#39;t, and the debate is heating up ahead of the coming retirement of Chairman Alan Greenspan.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Friday that the country will face "abrupt and painful" choices if Congress does not move quickly to trim the Social Security and Medicare benefits that have been promised to the baby boom generation.
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WASHINGTON -- Unless Social Security and Medicare are revamped, the massive burden from retiring baby boomers will place major strains on the nation's budget and the economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday.
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JACKSON HOLE, Wyo.  - Rising pressure on U.S.  finances from an aging population make it vital quickly fix the  social safety net with such steps as raising the age for full  retirement benefits, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan  said on Friday.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Alan  Greenspan on Friday said he was very worried Congress would try  to thwart efforts by the Financial Accounting Standards Board  to require expensing of stock options.
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Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on Wednesday said a rise in the cost of Chinese goods imported into the United States may be a signal a long disinflationary trend may be reversing.
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When Alan Greenspan speaks, the markets listen. The 78-year-old chairman of the Federal Reserve Board has had dealers hanging on his every utterance for 17 years, ever since he took the job during the closing months of Ronald Reaganâs presidency.