Anything that we can do to raise personal savings is very much in the interest of this country.
Alan GreenspanWhile local economies may experience significant price imbalances, a national severe price distortion seems most unlikely in the United States, given its size and diversity.
Alan GreenspanHistory has not dealt kindly with the aftermath of protracted periods of low risk premiums.
Alan GreenspanAnd whatever their publicized angst over Saddam Hussein's 'weapons of mass destruction,' American and British authorities were also concerned about violence in an area that harbors a resource indispensable for the functioning of the word economy. I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil.
Alan Greenspan