Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan executed an extraordinary about- face yesterday, talking up prospects for recovery and all but apologizing for a recent San Francisco speech in which he painted ...

WASHINGTON -- Frequently the fate -- gratifying, yet melancholy -- of consequential public persons is this: They so transform an ominous social landscape that, by the time they leave the public stage, ...

Financial markets have to quit hanging on Alan Greenspan’s every word. That’s because the former Federal Reserve chairman’s economic forecasting skills aren’t always right. A review of some important ...

TOKYO (CBS.MW) - Asian markets were mixed on Friday, as Fed chairman Alan Greenspan's eagerly awaited speech on the U.S. economy failed to excite investors. Economists said they were generally pleased ...

Greenspan has become adept at using his own speeches to signal changes in Fed thinking. When the central bank decided to stop worrying about inflation and start worrying about a recession late last ...

CHICAGO (CBS.MW) -- The dollar remained higher against the euro and fractionally lower against the Japanese yen, little changed by a speech from Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan that stuck to U ...

The dollar roared back, overturning some of its earlier losses, after Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said the U.S. current account gap cannot widen forever. Market forces and tighter U.S.

Investors were unmoved by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's improved assessment of the economy, and stocks fell this afternoon in light trading. While Greenspan said the economy has "regained ...