Alan Greenspan Domestic Quotations

The problem is you cannot have free global trade with highly restrictive, regulated domestic markets.

It is much too soon to conclude that these concerns are behind us, ... We cannot yet be sure that the slower expansion of domestic final demand, at a pace more in line with potential supply, will persist.

Large deficits will result in rising interest rates and an ever-growing ratio of debt service to GDP (gross domestic product),

The problems that we have seen are, in one sense, more domestic than they are international,

Protectionism in all its guises, both domestic and international, does not contribute to the welfare of American workers, ... At best, it is a short-term fix at a cost of lower standards of living for the nation as a whole.