UPDATE 1-Greenspan says better banking rules benefit economy
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Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Tuesday that better management of banking risk and new rules on capital hold the promise of a stronger banking system contributing more to economic growth.
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WASHINGTON - The US economy is pulling out of the soft patch it went through earlier this year but shows no signs of accelerating inflation, Alan Greenspan, the US Federal Reserve chairman, says.
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NEW YORK - Investors were unmoved by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's improved assessment of the economy, with stocks falling modestly Wednesday in light trading.    While Greenspan said the economy has "regained some traction" after the summer's slowdown, he echoed Wall Street's concerns over energy prices, which have fallen from record highs in recent weeks but stubbornly remain above $40 per barrel...
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Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said he "feels a little more relaxed" speaking publicly now that his successor, Ben Bernanke, is established in his job, but that he longs for the day when he can reclaim some privacy.
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U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Monday that as an economic detective he has long found inspiration in the wisdom of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.
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Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, suggested Sunday that a tax break or other government financial help for homeowners facing the mortgage crunch would be the best political fix for the economy.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is doing "an excellent job" running the U.S. central bank, former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan told the CBS program "60 Minutes," according to excerpts released on Thursday.
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Soaring oil prices should inflict less damage on US economic growth and inflation than the 1970s oil shock, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said.
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Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan said Wednesday that the economy looks better in the short term and potentially awful in the long run.
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WASHINGTON - With the economy moving ahead and the nation's payrolls picking up a bit, Federal Reserve policy-makers boosted short-term interest rates for a third time this year - but left economists split about when the next increase might come.    Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan and his Federal Open Market Committee colleagues - the group that sets interest-rate policy - increased the target for the federal funds rate from 1.50 percent to 1.75 percent...
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A master of mystery much of the time, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has vastly improved the central bank's communications with Wall Street and Main Street over the past decade.
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Don&#39;t sweat the debt: Along with benign inflation and rising home prices, Alan Greenspan says personal debt is no threat to the US economy.
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Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan appeared to clear the path for another rise in US interest rates yesterday when he delivered a moderately upbeat assessment of the country&#39;s economy which has slowed in recent months because of high oil prices.
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A master of mystery much of the time, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has vastly improved the central bank&#39;s communications with Wall Street and Main Street over the past decade.
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The U.S. economy has escaped a  recent soft patch and seems to be picking up steam, Federal  Reserve chief Alan Greenspan said on Wednesday in remarks  economists saw as cementing a September rate rise.
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WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Wednesday the economy has "regained some traction" after a late spring slowdown that was triggered by a sharp spike in oil prices.    Greenspan's moderately upbeat forecast was likely to cement expectations that the central bank will raise interest rates for a third time when Fed policy-makers meet in two weeks...
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Alan Greenspan said that the economic expansion had "regained some traction."