Greenspan critical of trade deficits
426581
If the dollar continues to slide, foreign investors may dump US stocks and bonds, the Fed chairman says. WASHINGTON - Swollen trade deficits eventually could threaten the economy by souring foreign appetites
147941
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan says the growing US budget deficit might destabilize the economy. Fed Governor Susan Bies says Congress spends like it&#39;s dipping into a &quot;a cookie jar.
741441
U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow said  on Tuesday the U.S. trade deficit with China was too large,  less than a week after the government reported that the overall  U.S. trade gap hit its second-highest monthly level ever in  July.
241158
Skyrocketing oil prices likely pushed the U.S. trade deficit in November to its widest since July, economists polled by Reuters said.
497336
WASHINGTON - Stock markets in the United States dropped sharply Friday after Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan warned about the risks to the economy posed by continued high US trade deficits.
484447
US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said the United States' huge current account deficit cannot be indefinitely financed by foreign countries and investors.
362236
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan  Greenspan's testimony on Capitol Hill midweek will be the main  draw for global financial markets this week in the absence of  significant data either side of the Atlantic, analysts said.
121698
U.S. stocks were little changed  shortly after Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on  Wednesday the U.S. economy entered 2005 in good shape but  warned fiscal discipline was essential to meet future  challenges.
304889
U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow said  on Wednesday that cutting a record budget deficit was a top  priority for the second-term Bush administration and challenged  Europe to play its part in helping trim the U.S. trade gap by  boosting its own economic growth.
742995
Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Monday he expected the dollar to stay weak for the next few years and will continue to drift down, weighed by the U.S. balance of payments deficit.
145532
Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan yesterday urged the federal government to reduce its budget deficit and encourage greater personal saving, warning that foreign investors will not finance endless growth in America's huge trade gap.
330063
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan will speak before the House of Representatives&#39; Budget committee on Wednesday. Greenspan&#39;s testimony is the only real factor that matters for the global foreign exchange and debt markets this week.
106863
Former Federal Reserve Chairman  Alan Greenspan on Wednesday said a rise in import prices of  Chinese goods to the U.S. may be a signal the disinflationary  process may be reversing.
82510
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan yesterday urged the federal government to reduce its budget deficit and to encourage greater personal saving, warning that foreign investors will not
539540
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's testimony on Capitol Hill midweek will be the main draw for global financial markets this week in the absence of significant data either side of the Atlantic, analysts said.
175517
Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan says the US is on track to stabilise and even reduce the trade deficit.
364902
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on Thursday said the U.S. economy is "clearly on the edge" of a recession.