“Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said he doesn’t think the Fed can unwind years of extraordinary stimulus without causing turmoil in financial markets. ‘I don’t think it’s possible,’ Greenspan said during an event today at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, responding to a question about the likely market impact of the Fed’s exit. The program ‘hasn’t been a success on the demand side for one fundamental reason,’ Greenspan said. ‘What you’re basically seeing is an explosion of assets, an explosion of reserve balances, and that’s the only two statistics that are moving.'”
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-29/greenspan-sees-turmoil-as-qe-boost-to-markets-unwinds.html
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