Friday, April 13, 2012

Alan Greenspan’s Contribution to the US Federal Reserve


Alan Greenspan is arguably the most influential think-thank to ever persuade the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors.  Among his most notable decisions as member of the Board of Governors from 1987 to 2006 included those that pertain to inflation, interest rates and issues that have direct effects on the US housing market.

Before President Ronald Reagan appointed him to the Federal Reserve, he has helped a lot of other companies in a capacity of director, such as J. P. Morgan & Co., Automatic Data Processing Inc., Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, and General Foods Inc. among others.

During Greenspan’s stint as Chairman of the Federal Reserve, the US went through a difficult economic crisis which included the stock market crash of the 1980s.

Greenspan was a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom after serving five terms as Chairman. He went into consulting after the end of is fifth term in January of 2006.

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