Ha, greenspan says Bubble bens ma$$$$ive $timulus had little impact!!!

So now greenspan thinks it had little impact as well....this should be a funny situation as Bubble ben bernanke gets QE3 ready to roll, wait QE1 didnt work, QE2 didnt work but let me guess QE3 will work, right you fucking idiots!!!!!

And of course greenspan goes on to say that the debt ceiling issue will go into August 2nd without any fix, another one who thinks the debt ceiling wont be increased by a couple of trillion bucks! What are these people thinking, the debt ceiling will be raised and everything will be fine come August 3rd, why is everyone so worried. Bubble ben and geithner and the rest of these money spending politicians will have the debt ceiling raised in no time, just sit back and relax as more trillion are spent.


Fed's Massive Stimulus Had Little Impact: Greenspan
CNBC.com | June 30, 2011 | 05:24 PM EDT

The Federal Reserve's massive stimulus program had little impact on the U.S. economy besides weakening the dollar and helping U.S. exports, Federal Reserve Governor Alan Greenspan told CNBC Thursday.

In a blunt critique of his successor, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, Greenspan said the $2 trillion in quantative easing over the past two years had done little to loosen credit and boost the economy.

"There is no evidence that huge inflow of money into the system basically worked," Greenspan said in a live interview.

"It obviously had some effect on the exchange rate and the exchange rate was a critical issue in export expansion," he said. "Aside from that, I am ill-aware of anything that really worked. Not only QE2 but QE1."

Greenspan’s comments came as the Fed ended the second installment of its bond-buying program, known as QE2, after spending $600 billion. There were no hints of any more monetary easing—or QE3—to come.

Greenspan said he "would be surprised if there was a QE3" because it would "continue erosion of the dollar."

The former Fed chairman himself has been widely criticized for the low-interest rate policy in the early and mid 2000s that many believe led to the 2008 credit crisis.

Bernanke, who took over for Greenspan in 2006, began implementing the quantitative easing program in 2009 in an attempt to unfreeze credit and prevent a collapse of the US financial system. The strategy has gotten mixed reviews so far.

On Greece, Greenspan a default is likely and will "affect the whole structure of profitability in the U.S." because of this country's large economic commitments to Europe, which holds Greek debt. Europe is also where "half the foreign [U.S.] affiliate earnings" are generated, he added.

"We can’t afford a significant drop in foreign affiliate earnings," Greenspan said.

Greenspan was also pessimistic about the U.S. deficit talks, saying he didn’t think Congress would reach an agreement on raising the debt ceiling by the Aug 2 deadline.“We’re going to get up to Aug 2 and I think on that night, we are not going to have the issue solved,” he said.If that happens, he said, the U.S. would have to continue paying debt holders or risk major damage in global financial markets. As a result, “we will default on everything else.”He added: “At that point, I think we’ll all come to our senses.”

 

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