Alan Greenspan

There’s no question that Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen is under a huge amount of pressure to determine the right time to raise interest rates following the worst U.S. recession since the Great Depression. Raising interest rates too quickly could derail the economy’s fragile...

Every time presidential elections get close, the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee faces the same predicament: Should they act as usual, or should they wait until after the ballots? Will action be interpreted as a political move? Or, will the public see inaction this way? This...

For the first time ever, the four living U.S. Federal Reserve Chairs, Janet Yellen, Ben Bernanke, Alan Greenspan and Paul Volcker, will be appearing together onstage at an event hosted by the International House. The world will be watching closely to see what these economic leaders have to say...

With significant amount of money infused into the markets through quantitative easing, first in the United States and then in Europe and Japan, several investors have raised concerns over there is a bubble brewing in asset prices, especially bonds. According to Former Federal Reserve Chairman...

It is official. We are all just screwed. Janet Yellen told us that stocks are overvalued and potentially dangerous. Warren Buffett said that if interest rates go higher we will find that current stock valuations are high. Of course interest rates have moved higher all over the world as bonds have...

Dr. Mikhail Melnik, Bloomberg Economist and Professor at Kennesaw State University, recently spoke to Benzinga about the economic situation in Greece. Dr. Melnik said that he tended to agree with recent comments comments from Alan Greenspan and George Soros. "I do believe that the situation in...

Stocks have been running higher for more than five years now, and the gains that have been available are downright impressive. Yet, investors continue to complain about valuations, the Fed "rigging the game," the state of the economy, global debt levels, etc. It is also interesting...

When Ben Bernanke succeeded Alan Greenspan as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board in February 2006, the economy seemed to growing smoothly. Unemployment was under 5 percent. Little did the former Princeton economics professor know what was to befall him. Within 18 months, it became clear a...

Former chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box Friday morning, where he discussed the state of the jobs market as he sees it as well as what can be done to help boost competitiveness and activity. “You're looking at an issue really of the working age...

Bitcoin, a virtual currency that was trading for about $13 a year ago, got off to a strong start in 2014, reaching as high as $1,093 in early Monday trading on the Mt.Gox exchange. The digital cryptocurrency (meaning it uses cryptography for security) got a strong boost from news that Zynga (...

This weekend in Barron's online: the case for a Great Stagnation, as well as the prospects for Kohl's, Furmanite, Walgreen and more. Cover Story "Slowing to a Crawl" by Jonathan R. Laing. The United States may be headed for decades of slow growth, says Barron's in this week's cover story. The...

On the way to completing his new book, The Map and the Territory, Risk, Human Nature, and the Future of Forecasting, former Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan had an epiphany. The epiphany, which Greenspan told The Wall Street Journal, “Upended my view of how the world works,” mostly...

This weekend in Barron's online: the looming economic calamity if entitlement spending is not reined in, as well as the prospects for AMC Networks, Prem Watsa and more. Cover Story "What, Me Worry?" by Gene Epstein. Unless Washington stops dithering, says this week's cover story in Barron's, the...

Alan Greenspan, former Federal Reserve Board Chairman and President of Greenspan Associates has concerns about the readiness of the market for Fed tapering. He appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box on Friday morning to discuss his thoughts. Greenspan noted that he thinks it's going to be more difficult...