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"Thorough and timely ...essential reading for those who seek insight into the process and the personalities that will shape Fed policy."-Barron's A compelling and intricate portrait of the enigmatic Alan Greenspan and the powerful institution he heads "Steven Beckner, as knowledgeable a Fed watcher as there is in the land, has done a great job telling the story of the challenging and successful Greenspan years."-L. William Seidman Chief Commentator, CNBC, and former head of the FDIC "Beckner does a yeoman's job of chronicling the Fed policy of the past decade."-Business Week "No matter what [Beckner] writes these days, people on Wall Street assign magical properties to his words."-Michael Lewis New York Times Magazine "Fed watcher extraordinaire Steven Beckner chronicles the incredible tenure of Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan...Read and reread this extraordinary book."-Dow Jones Asset Management "Accessible to the financially uninitiated, this dynamic, seemingly day-to-day chronicle may be the ultimate Fed watcher's guide."-Publishers Weekly

Table of Contents:
The Makings of a Central Banker.; Hitting the Ground Running.; "Deep Root Canal Surgery."; An About--Face.; The Chickens Come Home to Roost.; "Fifty Mile per Hour Headwinds."; The End of a Recession and a Presidency.; Working with a Democratic President.; A Preemptive Strike.; Coping with a Peso Crisis and a Fiscal Fiasco.; Epilogue.; Endnotes.; Index.

About the Author :
STEVEN K. BECKNER is a financial writer whose reporting sends ripples through the markets with the so--called "Beckner Effect" (The New York Times). For the last eleven years, he has been a reporter for Market News Service, a wire service specializing in information on and for the markets. He is also a frequent guest on National Public Radio where he demystifies economic and financial developments.

Review :
"Essential reading for those who seek insight into the process and the personalities that shape Fed policy during the next phase of the Greenspan era."--Barron's


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780471161271
  • Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Height: 160 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 822 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0471161276
  • Publisher Date: 07 Jan 1997
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: The Greenspan Years
  • Width: 240 mm


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