Greenspan Urges Budget Gap Reduction
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U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Friday the United States should cut its budget gap to foster a more balanced pattern of global trade and avoid painful economic consequences.
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The head of the International Monetary Fund urged the United States to limit its gaping budget deficit, which he said threatens the world economy.
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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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Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan warned yesterday that the US economy might slip into recession by year's end.
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The chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, warned today that the Federal government might have to scale back promises to the elderly in programs like Social Security and Medicare.
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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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Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan warns that prompt action is needed to fund pensions for the ageing US population.
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US Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Alan Greenspan on Friday called for prompt action to reform the US retirement system which is promising more benefits than it can actually provide.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan says the growing US budget deficit could destabilize the economy. Fed Governor Susan Bies says Congress spends like it&#39;s dipping into a ``a cookie jar.
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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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Fed chairman Alan Greenspan says the US economy is continuing to grow, but  warns about inflation and the budget deficit.
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JACKSON HOLE, Wyo.  - An aging U.S. population  will strain public finances and hurt the economy without swift  fixes to the social safety net, such as raising the age for  full retirement benefits, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan  Greenspan said on Friday.
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President Bush said on Wednesday a  renewed drive to cut U.S. budget deficits should help the weak  dollar and that Tuesday's Federal Reserve interest-rate hike  showed Alan Greenspan's awareness of the greenback's plight.
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The dollar rallied against most  currencies on Friday after Federal Reserve Chairman Alan  Greenspan said market forces and tighter U.S. fiscal policy  should stabilize and may cut the U.S. current account gap.
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(WASHINGTON) - Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, speaking in Germany, is repeating his concerns about the persistence of the US trade deficit.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan called for prompt action to keep the US retirement system solvent in the face of strains from the aging population.
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Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on Thursday said the U.S. economy is "clearly on the edge" of a recession.