Alan Greenspan Size Quotations

It seems persuasive that, given the size of the U.S. current account deficit, a diminished appetite for adding to dollar balances must occur at some point,

For Hong Kong and Singapore, in fact, they have been able to realize the size of economy.

is larger than that of Japan, and may be approaching half the size of the American economy.

The more flexible an economy, the greater its ability to self-correct in response to inevitable, often unanticipated, disturbances and thus to contain the size and consequences of cyclical imbalances.

Fear and euphoria are dominant forces, and fear is many multiples the size of euphoria. Bubbles go up very slowly as euphoria builds. Then fear hits, and it comes down very sharply. When I started to look at that, I was sort of intellectually shocked. Contagion is the critical phenomenon which causes the thing to fall apart.

We can guarantee cash benefits as far out and at whatever size you like, but we cannot guarantee their purchasing power.

Without the needed restrictions on the size of the GSE balance sheets, we put at risk our ability to preserve safe and sound financial markets in the United States, a key ingredient of support for housing,

There are sound reasons for concluding that the long-run picture remains bright ... but I would emphasize that we continue to face significant risks in the near term,