589 Quotes by Alan Greenspan

Cash is available and we should use that in larger amounts, as is necessary, to solve the problems of the stress of this.

As a nation we owe it to our retirees to promise only the benefits that can be delivered.

We ought to be more concerned with the emergence of inflation than with temporary economic weakness.

New hires and recalls from layoffs... are far below what historical experience indicates, ... To a surprising degree, firms seem to be able to continue identifying and implementing new efficiencies in their production processes and thus have found it possible so far to meet increasing orders without stepping up hiring.

I stated that I'm a libertarian Republican, which means I believe in a series of issues, such as smaller government, constraint on budget deficits, free markets, globalization, and a whole series of other things, including welfare reform.

All I would say is that when you're getting out that far, there will be lots of adjustments,

If I've made myself clear, I've misspoken.

We don't look at stock prices and say, 'If they are rising we have to raise interest rates,' ... To the extent that the stock market affects the economy, we will respond to that.

We really can't forecast all that well, and yet we pretend that we can, but we really can't.