Alan Greenspan

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U.S. banks need to have higher capital: Greenspan

Reuters US Online Report Business News 75 days ago

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Banks in the United States need higher capital than they currently have, Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve told a Mumbai conference via satellite on Monday. "I think even in non-euphoria, non-crisis times, we need to have ...

Bernanke: haunted by fear of another Great Depression

AFP American Edition 88 days ago

Federal Reserve Bank chairman Ben Bernanke, who was reappointed to a second four-year term Tuesday, is a renowned expert on the Great Depression, driven to avoid a repeat of such devastation. Bernanke has earned plaudits for helping steer the US economy through ...

Meltdown 101: Value-added tax on Washington radar

AP News 95 days ago

Meltdown 101: Push for value-added tax may be coming in Washington amid need to raise revenue It's popular around the world. You probably paid it on your last European vacation. But how many Americans understand or even know about the value-added tax? ...

S&P 500 Index Closes Above 1,000

BusinessWeek 109 days ago

Stocks jumped Monday following a report showing an improvement in manufacturing activity, pushing the S&P 500 index over 1,000 and the Nasdaq index above 2,000, key psychological thresholds. A few market experts, including New York University economist Nouriel Roubini and former Federal ...

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