Thursday, March 15, 2007

MAESTRO SPEAKS

http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/15/news/economy/greenspan_subprime.reut/index.htm?postversion=2007031517

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Those are two very poingnant points. The future is dead ahead.




On other issues, Greenspan unleashed a broadside over what he termed "archaic" procedures for settling trades in the huge over-the-counter credit derivatives market.

"I was shocked to find the credit derivatives market, which was working superbly, ends up with the settlement and clearing done with 19th century technology," Greenspan told the futures conference.

"There's an insanity out there that I don't understand," he added. He called on the New York Federal Reserve Bank, which plays a crucial role in the U.S. central bank's financial settlements procedure, to stay involved, or "we would face a really dangerous problem."

Greenspan also warned that the pending retirement of the baby boom generation would be a "seminal event" for the U.S. economy as costs of entitlement programs rise.

Successive administrations had overpromised benefits to the point where the United States faces a "serious ethical problem," he said.

Marc R said...

Credit Bubble becomes trouble when it ends, then Ponzi scheme crumbles.

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