Greenspan warns on ageing threat
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Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan warns that prompt action is needed to fund pensions for the ageing US population.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Friday that the country will face &quot;abrupt and painful&quot; 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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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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The world will be living with volatile oil prices for years to come, but this yearâs price spike should not be serious enough to push the US into a recession, US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said yesterday.
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Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Thursday night the American economy is "clearly on the edge" of a recession, and he pointed to the depressed housing market as a primary culprit.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said today that the country will face "abrupt and painful" choices if Social Security and Medicare benefits are not trimmed.
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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.
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The persistence of bloated U.S. trade deficits over time can pose a risk to the U.S. economy, which thus far has proven resilient, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned Friday. Policy-makers must not get lulled into a sense of complacency, he said.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben  Bernanke on Wednesday warned lawmakers that as the country's  baby boomer generation ages, funding shortfalls to government  programs such as Medicare and Social Security will create an  unsustainable fiscal situation.
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Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan  Greenspan said his successors at the U.S. central bank should  act cautiously in lowering interest rates because of inflation  risks, according to an interview published on Sunday.
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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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Rising pressure on US 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
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Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan delivered a blunt warning Friday that foreign investors might get sick of subsidizing the nation&#39;s widening trade and budget deficits, remarks that caused US financial markets to tremble.
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TORONTO - Stock markets could find it tough to find traction this week as a blunt warning from Alan Greenspan rings in investors&#39; ears.
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Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman  Alan Greenspan said on Wednesday he feared a &quot;dramatic  contraction&quot; in Chinese stocks but said the global economy may  be able to shrug off a drop in asset prices.
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WASHINGTON - The nation will face &quot;abrupt and painful&quot; consequences unless the government moves quickly to fix the finances of Social Security and Medicare, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Friday.
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While in Frankfurt, Germany yesterday, US Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Alan Greenspan warned that the US foreign trade deficit could negatively effect the country&#39;s economy.